Paying for Hong Kong’s mass transit railway
By Andrew Purves Growing up in Hong Kong in the 1970s, I remember the noise and disruption of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) construction. Cut-and-cover tunnelling tore up roads, while new property developments rose above the stations. These developments would reshape...
Totally empty homes in Melbourne up 16%
Prosper Australia’s latest Speculative Vacancies data update reveals a 16% rise – to 31,890 – in totally empty homes in Melbourne over the past year. This rise in empty dwellings has undermined the benefit from new housing supply coming online. Including a further...
EVENT: Prosper Australia End of Year members & supporters night
Welcome to our end of year members & supporters night! Join us for a night of celebration and appreciation at Level 1, 64 Harcourt Street, North Melbourne. Hear directly from the Prosper team about the activities we have been up to this year and our plans for the...
Victoria’s infrastructure plan praised for tax reform, criticised for ignoring value capture
Prosper Australia today welcomed the inclusion of a stamp duty to land tax transition in Infrastructure Victoria’s new strategy but criticised the absence of value capture as a sustainable and equitable funding mechanism. “We applaud Infrastructure Victoria’s...Republish this article
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