California Democrats looking at cutting regulations to fix housing crisis. NAHB CEO Jerry Howard on the mortgage default rate reaching the highest level since the financial crisis and the rent-control proposal in California. Amid a housing crisis in California, state lawmakers are grappling with ways to address the growing issue. The state’s housing problem has been caused at least in…
The federal government made it clear at the National Housing Conference that significant new spending isn’t likely. When more than a thousand delegates gathered in Darwin last week for Australia’s biennial national housing conference, they were welcomed by no fewer than three federal government ministers. By video, prime minister Scott Morrison, champion of “quiet Australians,” invoked…
The Gold Coast’s future looks bright, with $10.9 billion worth of recently completed, under construction or planned infrastructure investment accounted for within the last 12 months. National property consultants Urbis have identified 215 infrastructure projects worth at least $1 million each undertaken by both public and private sector, which totalled the spend. Mr Matthew Schneider,…
Every entrepreneur needs to remember these 7 simple things. They are the same principles faced in adversity as they are the triumph. But none the less, I wish someone told me these from the beginning. An insight into our chat with Griffith University on business, entrepreneurship and everything that needs to be managed in between.…
Most people who set out on the entrepreneurial path realize that they will face challenges as they start and grow a new business. Surmounting difficulties in life encourages us to build character and resilience, understand our weaknesses, grow our strengths, and become more self-reliant and adaptable. Here, five successful entrepreneurs share how their businesses grew…
It takes a special kind of person to start and run a successful business. Not everyone is suited for the life of an entrepreneur. So, what are the characteristics that set them apart? It all starts with the determination to succeed. It requires steadfast belief in yourself, your new service or product/offering, and your core…
Infrastructure Australia has released the Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019, which, for the first time, has expanded to cover the challenges and opportunities in providing Australia’s social infrastructure. As part of this new development, the Audit includes a necessary focus on social housing as an important part of social infrastructure. AHURI welcomes the inclusion of social housing…
The current job market tilts heavily in the job seeker’s favour, with a historically low unemployment rate, more open jobs than professionals to fill them, and more people quitting their jobs than any time in the last 17 years. However, most of the good news for job seekers is in urban and suburban areas. Rural employment has unfortunately failed to recover as quickly…
A new AHURI report released today investigates the growing numbers of older Australians who are carrying high levels of mortgage debt into retirement, and considers the consequences for their wellbeing and for the retirement incomes system. The research, ‘Mortgage stress and precarious home ownership: implications for older Australians’, found that between 1987 and 2015, average real…
Listed developer Mirvac has broken ground on its $836 million 80 Ann Street Brisbane CBD tower, promoting it as Brisbane’s “healthiest” commercial building. Mirvac’s continued push into the office sector has now made it Australia’s second-largest office manager, with $15 billion of assets under management. Mirvac’s pipeline of commercial developments, including 477 Collins Street in Melbourne…