This paper presents key findings about housing affordability trends at a national level and for the three most populous

As a regional community, Tasmanians have historically enjoyed higher rates of home ownership than their mainland counterparts. However, as wages continue to stagnate, housing prices start to increase, and the state attracts more investment, the number of Tasmanians owning and occupying their own homes is falling.

The concentration of disadvantaged people in certain parts of cities is almost always seen as undesirable by urban researchers and policymakers. But is this always the case?

The politics of property prices are shifting rapidly beneath the Turnbull Government. After declaring that housing affordability would be the centrepiece of next month’s federal budget, the government has been backtracking. The shift in rhetoric isn’t surprising. Despite all the talk of options on the table, the government is yet to show that it’s serious...

This paper provides an analysis of how the New Zealand tax system may be affecting residential property markets.