Bayside Council has rejected plans by basketball legend Andrew Bogut to build a mansion in Beaumaris, but local Cr Clarke Martin is now worried about what VCAT will do in a planned hearing. Lachlan Palfrey reports.
Bayside Council has rejected plans by basketball legend Andrew Bogut to build a mansion in Beaumaris, but local Cr Clarke Martin is now worried about what VCAT will do in a planned hearing. Lachlan Palfrey reports.
Big-budget rentals with unfair contracts; high-density living that creates social isolation. These are some of the challenges international student renters face in the midst…
While it is easy to claim young Australians are locked out of the property market because policy initiatives favouring investors have driven up prices in desirable areas, could there be another cause? Yasmine Lomax reports.
Investment properties, exorbitant house prices and misleading information from agents is making it hard for first home buyers to buy property in Kooyong, write Steven Blacker and Dylan Piscioneri.
Rising house prices and population pressures on supply raises the prospect that instead of buyng a home young Australians will rent an apartment all their lives. Donal Sheil reports.
Young buyers are struggling to negotiate house prices amid claims many are victims of misleading prices listed by real estate agents. Jessica Baum reports.
A survey of young Australians has highlighted a crisis in the Melbourne’s rental market. Two-thirds of respondents had experienced difficulties in finding somewhere to rent.
The unavailability of suitable housing, and its affordability, top the list of concerns for the 202 men and women who responded to the survey by Swinburne University journalism students.
Other prominent grievances include accusations that real estate agents and landlords discriminate against the young. The Standard news team reports.
The cost of renting a home is keeping a young married couple apart. Khalid Farah reports.
Despite the Federal Government cutting sustainable housing initiatives, the last decade has seen an increase in the amount of people seeking sustainable housing in Melbourne, as Michaela Hickey reports.
