Our latest Research
Pricing Development Rights: A game changer for housing affordability
By Tim Helm & Henry Williams
Governments across Australia are effectively giving away $11 billion a year to wealthy landowners by failing to put a fair price on development rights.
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The Land Cycle
By Catherine Cashmore
The Land Cycle explores the history of the 18-year land cycle and its implications for policy development. Read the paper.
Rent-Controlled Resources: Why are we under-charging Australia's mining tenants?
This report examines Australia’s resource royalties and the gains to be made by moving to a more flexible royalty model with variable rates
Speculative Vacancies 2025 data update
Our latest Speculative Vacancies data update reveals the extent of unoccupied housing in Melbourne.
Buying better income taxes with land taxes
Tax reform is more than changing income tax rates, it’s about shifting taxes off income altogether. This report explores one of the most recommended reforms.
Staged Releases: Peering Behind the Land Supply Curtain
In this report we ask whether the private choices of property owners to supply new housing according to market conditions works against the stated public policy outcome of supply-driven affordability through rezoning.
OUR LATEST NEWS
Property Market Imperfections
Our submission to the Minister for Consumer Affair's Property Market Review. Property Market Review Prosper Australia has concerns surrounding both the privatisation of real estate data, the inaccuracy of statistics and the practice of staging lot releases in large,...
Falinski’s Free Pass to the Property Industry
Cross-posted from The New Daily: It’s not surprising that a Senate report on housing affordability chaired by a former property developer gives a free pass to the property industry. Liberal MP and committee chair Jason Falinski’s view that developers should be given...
Submission to the 2022 Victorian Budget
Download our 2022 Vic budget submission (submitted March 2022) Executive Summary Prosper welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the 2022-23 Victorian Budget. We are an independent, Melbourne-based research institute with a focus on the management of exclusive and...