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NSW Government’s 5 Year Housing Targets Don’t Recognise Current Downturn

The recently released 5 year targets for Sydney’s new housing supply do not…

Night-time Economy Needs Urban Apartment Density

MEDIA RELEASE The announcement by the City of Sydney Council of new rules…

Investor and Owner Occupier Home Lending Falling in NSW

The recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicates big falls in…

Budget Doesn’t Kick Start Housing Supply – But Big on Infrastructure

The Federal Budget has a large commitment to new infrastructure, but it doesn’t…

Green shoots of housing approvals in NSW must continue

The February Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for NSW housing approvals indicates…

Minister Stokes must kick start Sydney’s housing supply

The new Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Rob Stokes, must kick start…

NSW should follow Victoria’s red tape review of the planning system

The re-elected NSW Government should follow the lead by Victoria in undertaking a…

Congratulations to Gladys – her infrastructure commitment with new housing development must continue

Congratulations to NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, on her successful re-election, but her new…

A future State Government cannot leave planning of global Sydney to councils

The announcement by Labor leader, Michael Daley, that if elected on Saturday he…

Metro rail network vital for Sydney’s growth

The announcement by the NSW government of four new metro rail links across…

Meriton Sueing the NSW Premier confirms Sydney’s planning mess

The legal action filed in the Land and Environment Court by Meriton against…

Next NSW state government must reverse the new housing slowdown

The next NSW Government that comes to power after the 23 March election…

Lack of credit is slowly NSW housing supply – APRA needs to take action

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data out today indicates significant reductions in…

Apartment approvals collapsing in Victoria and New South Wales: Chris Johnson

Property Observer - The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) housing approval numbers for…

Clover Moore is scaremongering Waterloo Residents – revitalisation is needed

Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, will hold a community meeting on March 6…

Ryde Assurance Review shows planning is a mess

The release of the stage 1 Assurance Review of Planning in Ryde LGA…

Apartment Approvals collapsing in Victoria and New South Wales

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) housing approval numbers for January 2019 show…

Residential Construction falling in NSW

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data on residential construction work done has…

Opal report clarifies rare occurrence but structural design consistency is essential

The final report on structural failures in the Opal tower by three Professors…

NSW Labor must support apartment living if they scrap medium density code

The policy of NSW Labor to scrap the Medium Density Housing Code must…

Spot rezonings need to be Independently assessed

The NSW Labor Party announcement that they will eliminate spot rezoning if elected…

Registration of all building practitioners required in NSW to lift confidence

The announcement by the NSW Government that they will register building practitioners will…

Alarming decline in Housing Approvals no longer can be ignored

  New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows NSW apartment approvals…

Waterloo revitalisation plans will create a modern urban community

The preferred masterplan for the revitalisation of Waterloo has the right ingredients to…

Domain housing sales collapse applies more to houses than apartments

The recent release of median housing sale prices across Australia by the Domain…

Design competition for Parramatta cultural centre needs cross party support

The announcement by the NSW Government that they will hold an international design…

Consistency needed on the location of new housing in Sydney for communities and industry

The announcement by the NSW Opposition that they will change the current distribution…

NSW apartment approvals fall by 38%

The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows NSW apartment…

ALP’s affordable housing policy will assist Institutional Capital into the residential development sector

The Urban Taskforce welcomes the announcement by the Australian Labor Party to offer…

City of Sydney planning red tape will add costs

Excessive ventilation and solar access requirements introduced by the City of Sydney will…

Boarding house changes are pandering to elitists

Recent proposed changes to Boarding House legislation in NSW is pandering to elitists…

Ryde planning rejection demonstrates flaws in the NSW planning system

The decision by Ryde Council to reject a planning proposal due to community…

Coastal fast rail best for urban centres outside Sydney

The NSW Government announcement about a network of fast trains to centres outside…

Apartment approvals falling in NSW

The October 2018 year to date housing approval numbers indicate a big fall…

Sydney’s economic growth rate weakest in 3 years

A report by SGS Economics and Planning has positioned Sydney behind Melbourne, Brisbane…

Planning Minister should give leadership rather than blaming Developers

NSW Planning Minister, Anthony Roberts, has blamed developers for community concerns about Sydney’s…

Victorian election result demonstrates championing growth can be a winner

The Victorian election victory by Labor demonstrates that championing growth with infrastructure provision…

Bottom up immigration policy must be balanced with national leadership on infrastructure

The Prime Minister’s proposal to develop an immigration policy from the bottom up…

Record housing completions in Sydney as approvals fall fast

The NSW Housing Monitor has listed record housing completions for metropolitan Sydney but…

When Flemington Markets relocate to the Aerotropolis the site can become a new green urban village

The announcement that Sydney Markets will move from Flemington to the Aerotropolis in…

Sydney’s growth is not being spread evenly across councils

A review of housing completions across metropolitan Sydney indicates that many councils are…

Sydney Markets move to Aerotropolis opens up exciting redevelopment options at Flemington

The announcement that the Sydney Markets have agreed with the NSW Government to…

Pyrmont can become the next high rise peninsula as support for Sydney’s CBD

With the Sydney CBD filling up fast with new development the Urban Taskforce…

Greater Sydney Commission approach to industrial land is too narrow

The recent Greater Sydney Commission policy on industrial and urban services land across…

New Fish Markets can lead to a wave of new development in Pyrmont

The exciting design for Sydney’s new fish markets can stimulate a new wave…

Stamp Duty Reform a Small Step Forward

The announcement by the NSW Government that stamp duty will be pegged to…

“It is not surprising that NSW is 2nd to Victoria”

New research by the Grattan Institute and CommSec reveal NSW is slipping further…

Political leaders must learn from quality urban renewal projects

Despite a pre-election anti-development environment in Sydney there are many quality examples of…

NSW and Victorian apartment approvals falling fast

The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicates a sharp drop…

The selection of Certifiers must balance Independence with Competiveness

The Options Paper on improving Certifier Independence must balance independence with competiveness, says…
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