The Latest Breaking News from Gerard Burg

'Doing what we want': Labor stands by housing tax moves

Tax changes will help boost housing supply in the long run, even though a downturn is impacting new home sales, the housing minister says.

AAP · Sep 15

One group of buyers is still applying for home loans while prices drop. This is why

Why waiting for the housing market to bottom out could cost you.

The Canberra Times · Sep 7

The suburbs where house prices are dropping the most

The median house price in the ACT is now just over $1 million.

The Canberra Times · Aug 31

Buy 'before Christmas' to take advantage of property downturn, agent says

The property downturn is becoming 'entrenched', one expert says.

The Canberra Times · Aug 3

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie property downturn deepens

Why buyer and seller expectations are now clashing in the housing market.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 3

Housing affordability rises as price downturn continues

Home values have fallen at their fastest monthly rate in almost four years as an economist suggests prices could grow more slowly than incomes for a decade.

AAP · Aug 2

'Stretched to their limits': what landlords and tenants need to know as rental market tightens

Advice for landlords on keeping good tenants in a difficult market.

The Canberra Times · Jul 22

Home sellers shy away from auctions as demand dips

More people are looking to sell their homes on the private market as low clearance rates scare vendors away from going to auction.

AAP · Jul 15

'Keeps me up at night': generational rupture laid bare

Rising rents and falling real wages have squeezed young Australians, who find themselves no better off than previous generations.

AAP · Jul 8

Going down: Newcastle and Lake Macquarie home values drop for a second month

Revised data from Cotality shows the market peaked in April.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 30