‘I don’t have words’:How Bella won Sydney’s housing lottery

‘I don’t have words’:How Bella won Sydney’s housing lottery

A new Sydney affordable housing development has security of tenure,cut-price rent,architecture designed digs,is close to rail and a built-in social life.

  • byJulie Power

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Building commissioner takes control of defective Sydney apartments
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Building commissioner takes control of defective Sydney apartments

David Chandler is personally overseeing undertakings to repair serious damage to a concrete slab in the buildings’ basement. Plus,check out where defect notices have been issued across Sydney with our interactive map.

  • byAnthony Segaert
One in 20 Brisbane units sell at a loss

One in 20 Brisbane units sell at a loss

The December quarter figures came despite a boom that has seen Brisbane’s property values soar more than 50 per cent since the start of the pandemic.

  • byJim Malo,Elizabeth Redman andCameron Atfield
Calls for social housing to be built on prized land in the middle of Kew

Calls for social housing to be built on prized land in the middle of Kew

The former VicRoads headquarters next to Xavier College sits unused,but the government has been silent on the site’s future.

  • byClay Lucas
Ivanhoe law office at heart of $100m Ponzi scheme for sale

Ivanhoe law office at heart of $100m Ponzi scheme for sale

The office where deceased lawyer John Adams defrauded a slew of investors is up for auction.

  • byNicole Lindsay
Will Rosehill Racecourse ever turn into its promised mini-city? We asked the people in the know

Will Rosehill Racecourse ever turn into its promised mini-city? We asked the people in the know

A standoff between those supportive of the proposal to sell off one of the state’s best racecourses to build 25,000 new homes and those against the plan has reached fever pitch.

  • byAdam Pengilly andAnthony Segaert
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‘Despondent’ building boss knocks down pitch for prefab homes

‘Despondent’ building boss knocks down pitch for prefab homes

NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler said politicians saw off-site construction as a “panacea” for housing affordability woes,but it was “not even on the near horizon”.

  • byMichael Koziol
Revealed:The Perth suburb where land costs just $57 per square metre

Revealed:The Perth suburb where land costs just $57 per square metre

In 10 exclusive suburbs,buyers are willing to fork out more than $5000 per square metre for some of Perth’s smallest blocks. But what about on the other end of the scale?

  • bySarah Brookes
The Goldilocks solution to Sydney’s housing crisis

The Goldilocks solution to Sydney’s housing crisis

Sydneysiders have revealed strong preferences about where and how they want to live,and how they feel about their neighbours.

  • byJulie Power
‘I can’t find a place to live’:Unlikely alliance to help workers like Lou

‘I can’t find a place to live’:Unlikely alliance to help workers like Lou

Lou Housego is a registered nurse who works on the north shore. But the 67-year-old may be forced out of Sydney.

  • byAlexandra Smith andAngus Thomson
Neighbour’s new plan leaves Satterley’s Hills estate high and dry

Neighbour’s new plan leaves Satterley’s Hills estate high and dry

A proposal to more gently urbanise a landholding across the road from Nigel Satterley’s trouble-plagued Perth Hills housing estate has gained the green light.

  • bySarah Brookes