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Albo’s public housing train wreck
During the Albanese government’s first term, one of the main policy focuses was on public housing.
Tarric Brooker
4 months ago
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Baby bonus generation adds to housing pressures
Net overseas migration is undoubtedly the most significant driver of housing demand in Australia. Australia’s population grew by 445,900 in 2024 (equivalent to a Canberra), driven by net overseas migration of 340,600.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
2
Proof Aussies don’t want to live in apartments
Policymakers want Australians to live in shoebox apartments to alleviate the structural undersupply of housing in our major cities and accommodate endless population growth.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
6
Mortgages arrears surge to decade highs
Tarric Brooker
4 months ago
4
Canada shows Australia how to solve housing crisis
Canada experienced an unprecedented immigration boom after the pandemic, which caused a record housing shortage.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
14
The truth about Australia’s housing crisis
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
6
Australian house prices soar into winter
Cotality’s preliminary auction report revealed that the national clearance rate was 73.9% this weekend, which is the highest preliminary result since July 2024.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
5
The root cause of the housing crisis
Over the past week, we have seen multiple articles like the following from The West Australian complaining about the decline in housing affordability, which has left residents struggling to pay mortgages or rent.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
12
Housing industry: immigration is too high
In September 2024, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) labelling the federal government’s failure to control immigration a “systemic policy failure” that “compounds the challenge of delivering sufficient housing”.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
6
Lower immigration, not subsidies, will solve the housing shortage
Master Builders Australia (MBA) has used a submission to the Productivity Commission to argue that the federal government should provide tax incentives to builders who meet industry standards.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
8
First home buyers are ready to pile in
Westpac’s latest consumer sentiment survey suggested that Australians have turned bullish on housing.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
6
Australia is living in housing fantasy land
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
16
Victorian government fails basic housing maths
In last month’s budget speech, Victorian Treasurer Jaclyn Symes labelled the state government’s controversial Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) project as “Australia’s largest housing project”.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
6
High migration pressures housing market
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on permanent and long-term arrivals for the month of April.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
22
Buyers dive back into Sydney property
Last weekend, it appeared as if Sydney’s housing market may be faltering after the preliminary clearance rate fell to 55.9%, which was the lowest preliminary result this year.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
1
Australia’s housing debate drowned in sea of lies
For a textbook example of how Australia’s housing affordability debate has been perverted, look no further than the latest Housing Affordability Report from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
20
Australia’s rental crisis is ongoing
SQM Research released its rental vacancy rate for May, which fell 0.1% over the month to a historically low 1.2% nationally—the same level as last year. While all markets are tight, Sydney (1.5%) and Melbourne (1.5%) have significantly higher vacancy rates than the other capital cities, which are all tracking below 1.0%.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
1
Aussies want to live in houses, not apartments
Policymakers are exerting significant pressure on Australians to live in shoebox apartments.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
19
Minns is wrong about Sydney’s housing crisis
NSW Premier Chris Minns wants to solve Sydney’s housing crisis by accelerating the supply of shoebox apartments.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
10
Why Queenslanders might start moving to Victoria
Over recent years, Queensland has experienced a large inflow of residents from other states.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
20
Australia is a housing bubble with an economy attached
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on Australia’s housing stock, which was valued at a record $11,366 billion as of Q1 2025, equating to $1,002,500 per dwelling.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
27
New Zealand shames Australia on housing affordability
Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro posted the following chart, which shows the collapse in mortgage rates in New Zealand.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
11
Australians turn bullish on house prices
Australian home values hit their highest level on record in May.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
5
Excessive immigration is behind the rental crisis
One year ago, AMP chief economist Shane Oliver estimated that Australia’s cumulative housing shortage was in excess of 200,000 dwellings.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
12
Australians are being lied to on housing
The Albanese government has engaged in a full-court press of housing disinformation.
Leith van Onselen
4 months ago
11
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