The new Andrews Government provides a fresh opportunity for reviewing the role of state revenues. The current property bubble has provided a windfall in Stamp Duty revenues allowing for considered reform. The hot topics the State government must address to enhance its...
BLOG: housing affordability
Sydney brick-maker says “It’s all in the land.”
The AFR today reports Brickworks Ltd calling for steep increases in Sydney land supply to assist affordability for homemakers. Developers on the outskirts of all the major Australian cities are dribbling out lots piecemeal - stifling supply, household formation and...
Hoarding Without Consequence – transcription
A transcription of the Renegade Economists interview with Catherine Cashmore, regarding the 7th Speculative Vacancies report. Read the show notes here. Subscribe to the weekly the Renegade Economists radio show, featuring Georgist insights we wish were on the...
Negative Equity – Australia’s Wall of Pain
Recent stress-testing of Australian banks by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority showed they would survive, though their capital would be sorely tested. This analysis did not take into account an important feedback loop: the erasure of the equity of heavily...
Nathan’s Story
My partner and I are 28. We went to an open for inspection of a house we liked and thought we could afford. We turned up just before he closed. There was an older couple there in their 50-60's. The price was 'from $600k+' on the sign in sheet we left with him. On it...
Livin’ the Dream!
Open Letter to Matthew Guy, Please Explain Why Housing is for Hocking
Dear Matthew, this week we released our 7th Speculative Vacancies report - Empty Investment Homes Ignored, finding 46,836 empty homes in Melbourne. Read the press release. Despite your valiant efforts in bending over backwards to provide extensive land re-zoning both...
Report: Speculative Vacancies 7
Download Catherine Cashmore's investigation into why empty investor homes are ignored in Speculative Vacancies 7. Read past vacancy reports. Related media: Press Release - Empty Investment Homes Hurt Affordability Renegade Economists radio interview with Catherine...
Empty Investment Homes Hurt Affordability
Press Release for Speculative Vacancies 7 report launch A new report finds 64,386 properties are likely vacancies during Melbourne’s record-long housing supply crisis. “32% of the Docklands may be a speculators paradise but it’s facing a ghost town future if the...
Speculative Vacancies 7
Read the report Wednesday November 12th, 6.30pm Presenter: Catherine Cashmore 2/22 Punch La, Melbourne RSVP The 7th Speculative Vacancies report advocates for empty property held for capital gains to be included in Australia's housing vacancy measures. Read The...