Went past this site today - workers are back and it appears to be full steam ahead. I'll be very interested to see how this one comes together, especially the "rooftop urban farm". All up, the development will feature 250 apartments and 71 terrace homes, with the market square – The Agora ...

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Thu Dec 26, 2024 7:16 pm

Looks like this one will be full steam ahead after the Christmas/New Years break

You were correct, Jaymz. I drove past today and there were workers and multiple vehicles on site.

You don't need to wipe out negative gearing in one go. You can just slowly reduce its effectiveness . No shocks and slow pressure against holding property as a primary investment. I think this is exactly what Chalmers was considering before he was, presumably, told to pull his head in by those in t...

I think that's about a sudden housing market crash. Didn't something like that happen in the US in recent memory? Is there anything the government can do to bring prices/costs down gradually? Supposedly one of the big factors that's helped push prices to these absurd levels is the cost of building ...

Latest CoreLogic data. It's wild to me that Adelaide prices are now so much higher than Melbourne. I realise there was a surge of investor interest in Adelaide when we were a cheaper option than the Eastern states, but we're now the third highest in the country. I wonder if we'll see an exodus of yo...

Speaking of which, I'll just leave these here... Screen Shot 2024-12-31 at 7.27.02 pm.png Screen Shot 2024-12-31 at 7.27.39 pm.png Source Editing to add this from the newly-unsealed 2004 cabinet documents, via ABC news. Home ownership is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and the states should work...

That's exactly the point made in the video. He isn't arguing for house prices to drop, rather highlighting that the housing minister just admitted the government "wants to see sustainable price growth " (as opposed to flat lining or stablisation). She also at no point defines "sustain...

Agreed. How about looking overseas to see what is working there, e.g. Norway. And it's not just young people/low income/welfare recipients who can't afford to buy. Single income households, especially those with children, are also screwed. First home buyers need to be given some kind of advantage th...

So essentially: "young people might want housing to be affordable for them but that's not the view of our government".

Oh dear.

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Don't think this one has been posted yet, conversion of the old Salvos women's shelter at 341-345 Angas street into apartments: https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/fd2733b7a778d85773ee8e1b6c5fb0ec and https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/2c545aef38429cff8a86bb0c40597dea Wandered past this site...

Progress Pics 26/12 of the YWCA site at 17 Hutt St. Hard to get a proper front-on shot of this building because a large tree blocks viewing it from the street (though it will be lovely for the residents to have a green leafy view out their windows :D ) https://i.vgy.me/vaVykv.jpg Rear view from Tuck...

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Side view also depicting the adjacent site at 2–4 King William Street

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