Economy

Greater Hobart offers the most affordable options for first home buyers hoping to live close to a CBD, while units are most affordable in Greater Adelaide, a new report has revealed.

Australians are increasingly becoming bearish towards real estate, with fresh figures revealing a significant decline in buyer sentiment as prices cool.

The state government has announced a raft of measures to improve housing affordability including scrapping stamp duty for first home buyers and taxing foreign investors.

The Australian Bankers’ Association says the government was “forced to make concessions to the bank levy” after meeting with the big four banks.

The prudential regulator has stressed that house prices are not its concern as it seeks to contain “heightened risks” in mortgage lending.

A new report has recommended ‘broad-based land taxes’ replace stamp duties, arguing that policies which limit mobility impede the efficient functioning of labour markets.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has revealed how the ACCC will prevent the majors from passing on the bank levy to borrowers and explained how the government body will show Australians “how to get ...

The Treasury secretary has stressed that developments in the housing market continue to pose a risk to the economy, his second warning over housing in less than a week.

The former CEO of an ASX-listed mortgage provider believes the 2017 federal budget has “brazenly copied swathes” of the UK’s “old playbook” by insisting on a bank tax.

More economists are calling the top of the market ahead of the release of CoreLogic’s latest house price data this week.