International students are not to blame for Canada's housing crisis
Sep 20, 2023 02:01 am UTC| Real Estate
At the start of the new academic school year, around 30 students at Canadore College in North Bay, Ont. held a protest to decry the lack of accommodation provided to international students. The protesters were demanding...
Aug 16, 2023 09:15 am UTC| Economy Real Estate
Roughly one in three Australians rent their homes. Its Australias fastest-growing tenure, but renting is increasingly unaffordable. From 2020 to 2022, our research found a large increase in the proportion of renters who...
How small wealthy suburbs contribute to regional housing problems
Jul 11, 2023 06:46 am UTC| Real Estate Economy
The odd headlines about little towns in the San Francisco Bay Area just keep coming. First Woodside, a tiny suburb where several Silicon Valley CEOs have lived, tried to declare itself a mountain lion habitat to evade a...
How the UK's mortgage rescue deal could help or hurt you – in part depending on where you live
Jul 04, 2023 07:41 am UTC| Economy Real Estate
Millions of UK mortgage borrowers could experience significant payment shocks this year. This is happening due to a steep rise in the Bank of Englands base rate over the past year to the highest level since 2008. This rate...
Australia's hidden housing crisis: survivors of modern slavery have few safe places to turn
Jun 28, 2023 15:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics Real Estate
Australia is not immune to the rapidly growing global problem of modern slavery. In fact, new research has found the number of people living in modern slavery has more than doubled in the past four years, rising to an...
Jun 19, 2023 06:19 am UTC| Real Estate Life
If every Australian household that uses gas went all-electric today, we would save more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next ten years. Thats because there are more than 5 million households on...
To deliver enough affordable housing and end homelessness, what must a national strategy do?
Jun 15, 2023 05:27 am UTC| Economy Real Estate
The Albanese government came to office promising action on housing. Its A$10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund is now stuck in the Senate, with the Greens demanding more ambitious funding and reforms. The government is...