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Unravelling of Australia's Foreign Investor Tax Regime: From workarounds to reform
The New South Wales Government's decision in the 2026-27 Budget to remove the 9 per cent foreign purchaser duty surcharge for eligible build-to-rent and retirement living developments deserves far greater attention than it has received.
Window into housing 2024
Facts about the housing and construction industry in Australia.
A response to claims that Australia “has enough homes”
Recent commentary has suggested that Australia does not face a shortage of housing, but rather that housing affordability problems arise because too many homes are owned by investors instead of owner-occupiers.
Macroprudential Restrictions and Housing Supply in Australia
Australia’s housing affordability challenge is fundamentally the result of a persistent mismatch between strong underlying demand and chronically constrained supply. Planning systems, land availability, infrastructure charging and construction costs are widely recognised as the primary constraints on new housing delivery. By contrast, the role of housing finance settings, particularly macroprudential regulation, has received comparatively limited scrutiny.