Real Estate Industry

Six people are occupying town planner Angus Witherby's spare bedrooms in the town of Moree. He says there are social benefits as well as financially. 

A 45-year-old inventor has bought a sought-after beachfront property, vowing to clear it of debris and rogue four-wheel drivers. But Labor has threatened to compulsorily acquire the land and it's taking that position to an election.

The chief executive of the Committee for Sydney says the quality of life will be bad for people under the new proposal as apartments won't be able to receive any direct sunlight.  

Victoria is experiencing the sharpest fall in rental stock since record keeping began in 1999, suggesting an investor sell-off is gaining pace.

Prices in the small Queensland town of Keppel Sands have increased by 40 per cent in the past year, but this Victorian couple still think they got a great deal on a waterfront home.

Labor and LNP candidates in one of Queensland's most marginal state seats had dangled promises to purchase and conserve the coastal headland Taylor Point, but a private buyer has swooped in.

The boss of an embattled Perth building company assures hundreds of customers their unfinished homes will be completed with the help of "divine intervention".

Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows approvals for dwellings in Australia has fallen 6.1 per cent, with the biggest drop for approvals in medium and high-density homes. Housing experts say the decline is being caused by rising construction costs and increased risk.

Queensland authorities are probing the fees residents are charged to sell retirement villas, following an ABC investigation into the multi-billion-dollar sector.

Perth property developer Nicheliving, which is currently fighting to retain its building registration after failing to complete hundreds of homes, launches a new brand to sell homes.

Once known for its affordable housing, the garrison city of Townsville is seeing property prices soar, as buyers report hot competition.

No puppies, mandatory medical examinations and hard-to-understand financial consequences. Welcome to life inside some of Australia's retirement villages.

Housing is creating wealth like never before, with property owners pocketing a record-breaking median nominal profit of $285,000 from resales in the June quarter.

Dozens of grey nomads bought houses in a caravan park on the promise it "couldn't be sold from underneath them". Then it was. 

The prime minister is under pressure to do more to fix the housing crisis as he cools on the idea of changes to negative gearing. 

In the new scheme, buyers will be able to access grants of up to $50,000 for buying or building a new home. 

After a three-bedroom inner-Sydney apartment went viral for its strict conditions for tenants, the internet came hard for the agency behind it. In response, that same business has begun posting personal details of their critics in a move to stop the posts. 

Analysis of Victoria's housing affordability has found median-income households are being increasingly priced out of the market as the state is now one of the least affordable.

Older Australians have the potential to ease the housing crisis by selling their larger homes, however there are a range of complex barriers to moving later in life.

The reality of owning a strata-managed apartment after having saved for it for over a decade has been nothing short of a nightmare for this Perth single mother.