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Top 7 homes to inspect this weekend

November has proved to be a busy month for real estate, and we’re only half-way through! With an abundance of stunning homes on the market right now across the Canberra region, here’s...

Canberra’s top 5 suburbs to invest in

Canberra’s housing and investment market is one of the most expensive in the country as property prices continue to rise, and the median house price was sitting 0.4 per cent higher than...

Rental affordability is Canberra’s real housing crisis

The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) is imploring the ACT Government to urgently implement a raft of policies to help fix Canberra’s housing and rental crisis, while welcoming the ACT Opposition’s...

Canberra hits highest rent prices in the country

Canberra’s rental prices continued to rise last quarter, with the national capital now having the most expensive rents of any capital city in the country, according to CoreLogic’s Quarterly Rental Review for...

Better Renting: Landlords must pay costs of forced moves

Landlords, not tenants, should pay the cost of forced moves, says Canberra tenant advocacy organisation Better Renting.

How to: renovate your rental

With home ownership on a dramatic decline, especially for young Australians, renting is becoming an increasingly common living scenario. The universal rule all renters know well is: nothing can be done without your...

ACT Attorney-General responds to Healthy Homes for Renters

ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury has responded by letter to the 75 organisations across Australia that are calling for better protection for the health of renters and the implementation of a healthy homes...

Lockdown real estate sales update

The ACT lockdown has drastically altered the real estate market and the daily life of real estate agents for the foreseeable future. For Luton Properties Manuka agent Sophie Luton, she feels relieved she...

ACT rental affordability second worse in Australia

The latest Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) report from the June quarter reveals bleak times for ACT rental affordability, while much of the rest of Australia is slowly starting to improve. Across...

Soaring house prices locking out first home buyers

The number of first home buyers has drastically dropped in 2021, with rapidly increasing house prices continuing to lock them out. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report shows a 20 per...

Some renters living in unliveable homes

For 11 years, Ella has been renting a home in the Inner North that is almost unbearable to live in, and she said her property manager couldn’t care less. Her property manager’s...

Support helps tenants but many landlords still hurting: REI ACT

Real Estate Institute of the ACT is concerned many landlords are still suffering from the Emergency Declarations of 2020.

Organisations demand healthy homes for renters

Seventy-five organisations across Australia have written an open letter to state and territory Cabinet Ministers calling for minimum standards for rental properties to better protect the health of renters and protect them...

Cost of living too high for many Canberrans, ACTCOSS reveals

ACTCOSS's 2021 ACT Cost of Living Report shows 9% of Canberrans live below the poverty line, due to income and the cost of housing.

Rental reforms on the cards, Rattenbury announces

The ACT Government could reform the law to make rentals fairer and safer for tenants, Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury announced today.

ACT vacancy rates close to multi-year low

Domain’s rental vacancy report shows rental vacancies in Canberra have remained steady over the quarter at 0.7%, down from 1.1% this time last year.

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