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By focusing on intergenerational inequalities that will eventually be reversed, we are framing the housing affordability question the wrong way.
Without long-term solutions to the imbalance between incomes and house prices, Gen Ys face a lifetime of renting without the financial and emotional security of home ownership.
Is Top Cat trying to tap into our inner huckster and charlatan, or is something else going on in Halifax’s new ad campaign?
The housing crisis has scuppered home ownership dreams for many across the UK, but there is another way to do things.
A suggestion to remove the exemption on capital gains tax on main residences is something no politician will touch.
With high prices and long waiting lists for existing houses, building your own home could make more sense.
The issues keeping those on low incomes out of the housing market are only getting worse over time.
Financial stress is more likely to cause Australians to drop out of home ownership. Why?
Australia’s obsession with home ownership goes beyond the rational.
Housing affordability, high house prices and rents are attracting plenty of media attention right now. The latest figures on house prices, mortgages, number of first time buyers and so on are dissected…
Home ownership is becoming a fading hope for those without an existing foothold in the market. For increasing numbers of younger Australians, the dream will give way to a future as tenants.
The Conservatives have long dreamed of a property-owning democracy but this version will not solve the UK’s modern housing nightmare.
George Osborne’s bid to boost home ownership in Britain might look like an effort to give young people a leg-up onto the housing ladder, but the evidence suggests they will be sorely disappointed.
New South Wales is Australia’s most populous state, with the most expensive capital city – yet it’s done less than many other states to develop cost-effective options for aspiring home owners.
It’s clear mortgage standards have gotten too tight when even a former Federal Reserve chairman who makes as much as US$250,000 per speech cannot refinance his home. Ben Bernanke complained about his inability…
It’s ironic that fantasy home shows are the latest genre in reality TV, at a time when affordable housing is the real fantasy for many. The format is strangely addictive – photogenic twenty somethings…
For all our talk about housing affordability, few people want house prices to drop. That’s because most Australians are home owners, and much of our wealth is stored in housing. But recent figures released…
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ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor; School of Economics, Finance and Property, and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Honorary Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Human Resources, Thompson Rivers University
