This annual report assesses housing affordability in 95 major markets across eight nations (Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the, United States). read more »
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Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2025 Edition Released
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Winning Suburbs is the Key to Winning Elections
There’s a great line from the comedy show Kath & Kim, where the very suburban Kim expresses her desire to be like affluent city people. “I want to be effluent Mum," she says. "You ARE effluent, Kim," replies the equally suburban Kath. read more »
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Housing Affordability Is Killing the Aussie Dream – And Our Birth Rate
The steady decline of fertility rates in Australia presents a multifaceted challenge with wide-reaching implications for the nation’s social, cultural, and economic future. read more »
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How Sydney CBD Became a Capital of Luxury Urbanity
With a great deal of success, urban development elites have been able to sustain the illusion that Central Business Districts or downtowns are still the functional metropolitan centres they were five decades ago. read more »
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Faster, Better, More: How to House Australia
This paper, by property expert Ross Elliott, explores the reasons behind our current housing shortages and identifies a range of policy measures which have contributed to – rather than alleviated – the magnitude of the current housing ‘crisis.’ read more »
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Rise of Luxury Urbanity as a System: Sydney CBD
In 1971, after a lifetime researching and explaining the Central Business District, American geographer Raymond Murphy gathered his knowledge together in The Central Business District: A Study in Urban Geography. read more »
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In Praise of Sprawl
Delayed decision-making, bureaucratic dithering, and the stubborn resistance of NIMBYs have all been frequently cited as planning-related barriers to the development of much-needed housing. read more »
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The Baby Recession Continues as Births Drop to Lowest Level in Almost Two Decades
KPMG Australia analysis shows the country is in the midst of a baby recession as births across the country fall by 4.6 per cent year on year. read more »
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The Demographic Dilemma: How Urban Planning is Deepening Australia’s Social Divide
For over two decades, urban planning’s preoccupation with urban form above all else, has diminished its ability to resolve the growing social and economic divide occurring across the nation. read more »
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Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2024 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability assesses housing affordability in 94 major markets across eight nations (Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the, United States). read more »
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