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The Australian Financial Review reports the latest news from business, finance, investment and politics, updated in real time. It has a reputation for independent, award-winning journalism and is essential reading for the business and investor community.
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First-home buyers retreat as tax changes bite
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (101+ words) AFR The Albanese government’s changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing are a key driver of steep declines in mortgage applications among first home buyers, though there are signs a recovery may be beginning as prospective homeowners prepare to…...
Forget falling house prices: The real threat is a big jump in rents
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (74+ words) AFR The big risk over the next couple of years is a downturn in housing construction that crimps the supply of new homes and causes a squeeze on renters. But homeowners should worry less about what is likely to be…...
Labor government owns property crash – and downstream supply risks too
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (93+ words) AFR The key long-term question is what impact the tax changes from budget night have on the economics of the housing market. Clare O’Neil says she will not downplay the sharpest downturn in the housing market in 30 years, which is…...
The brutal private credit maths quietly killing housing targets
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (104+ words) AFR With private credit and other factors squeezing developers, and project feasibility crumbling, the numbers behind Australia’s housing targets no longer stack up. Private credit had already jacked up property developers’ interest rates before Bathla’s collapse, so what do we…...
Productivity in government-funded industries worst in a decade
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (103+ words) AFR Productivity in government-funded sectors such as health and aged care has hit a 10-year low despite soaring employment in the sector, with similar slumps in the construction industry raising fears of a hit to Australian living standards. Analysis of…...
How ‘seismic’ housing crash can unleash $3.6trn shock across property
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (76+ words) AFR The speed and scale of the housing crash won’t just cause dramas for residential real estate. Commercial property giants are also bracing for impact. You simply cannot escape the great Australian housing crash. Day one of The Australian Financial…...
What downturn? Slump wipes 4.5pc from Chalmers’ Queensland suburb
1+ week, 3+ day ago (96+ words) AFR The real estate downturn has arrived at the doorsteps of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Housing Minister Clare O’Neil and other Labor leaders, wiping 4 per cent or more off prices in some of their neighbourhoods over the…...
Housing’s Mr 18.6pc is pure fiction but is still scaring markets
1+ week, 3+ day ago (97+ words) AFR The phantom number refuses to go away and is haunting Australia’s economy, investors, boardroom and government. Mr 18.6 per cent is this week’s barbecue stopper. Wesfarmers management can’t go into a post-results meeting without being asked about it, economists can’t…...
AI, energy and housing builds drive up demand for tradies
1+ week, 4+ day ago (124+ words) The new megatrend that’s created the $200,000 junior sparkie AFR Data centres in Sydney and Melbourne are offering overtime-pay-fuelled $200,000 incomes for electricians with just two years’ experience, eclipsing the average $80,000 salary for early-career accountants, lawyers or teachers. The artificial intelligence boom,…...
Australia’s $150b data centre boom risks becoming an economic mirage
2+ week, 6+ day ago (58+ words) AFR We’re told business investment is key to boosting productivity, but what if the spending involves importing computer equipment? It’s really hard to spot the source of Australia’s economic rebound in the flood of corporate profit results streaming into the…...