Michael Bleby

Budget tax changes could drive a boom in small-scale housing development, as investors no longer able to profit from redeveloping a single house

We speak to the team behind last week's most intriguing property sale. The property: A four-bedroom, two-bathroom house on 594 square metres at 19 Wallara Crescent, Bundoora, Victoria.

The two listed developers face lower earnings as residential prices fall and development volumes weaken. But they will recover, analysts say.

Rents are accelerating at their fastest pace in 2½ years and are likely to rise further, amid concerns the federal budget will do little to boost housing supply in the short term and may even add to the cost of renting.

Federal budget changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax that will dampen home-building volumes in the short term will be more than offset

It wasn’t just about the purchase price of the entry-level home. There were other considerations – 800,000 of them, in fact.

GemLife, which has increased its share price 7 per cent in just 10 months as a listed company , plans to take its established land lease business

Federal budget changes on property investment have driven a surge of inquiries for duplex homes from investor and owner-occupier buyers keen to

Developer Azzura Investments has added nine storeys to an apartment tower it nearly halved in height a year ago, expanding the project as a stepping stone towards building the country's tallest building on the Gold Coast.

More capital city homes failed at auction than sold in the week to Saturday, dragging the clearance rate below 50 per cent for the first time in six years, upcoming Cotality data is expected to show.