Business owners in Melbourne CBD call for rent relief extension, warning insolvencies are coming
Without an extension to COVID-19 rent relief measures, we will see failures at the final hurdle, say these Melbourne CBD business owners.
Demand for regional properties soars as office workers move away from Australia’s cities
Real estate agents are reporting soaring demand for regional properties as office workers ride the working-from-home wave to calmer shores.
In the face of a cataclysmic pandemic and deep recession, Australian house prices are back up: Here’s why
House prices are back up. Are you even surprised? This is Australia, where the family home is as well protected from price falls as from fire.
Axing stamp duty could be an instrumental reform, but NSW is taking the wrong approach
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet wants to replace the one-off stamp duty on real estate transactions with an annual land tax.
Why we should all be concerned about falling small business ownership and house prices
Australia’s over-reliance on property for wealth generation will weigh on the economy if house prices drop, but falling small business ownership looms as a bigger problem.
To what extent will workers return to offices? And what could this mean for Melbourne’s CBD?
As we work to get the economy and employment back on track, to what extent will workers return to offices and what does this mean for CBDs?
How do we reverse Australia’s retail vacancy apocalypse? Here’s one idea
Australia's high streets are staring down a vacancy epidemic. Is there a solution that benefits landlords, creatives and customers to boot?
Startup Spacenow has seen a 550% surge in enquiries for its flexible post-pandemic office spaces
As COVID-19 reshapes the very definition of an office, there’s been a surge in demand for short-term, flexible lease options.
‘Meanwhile use’: How governments and landlords can manage properties left vacant by the COVID-19 crisis
How might we better use our own vacant buildings during the crisis and beyond? We can learn from the UK’s meanwhile schemes.
Sharehouse shocks: How COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting young and casually employed people
A new survey finds many people living in share-housing in Victoria are facing a precarious future as a result of COVID-19.
Victoria strengthens rent reductions for small businesses, extending relief by four months
Rent reductions will be available for Victorian businesses for at least another four months, under an extension to COVID-19 support.
Urban sprawl and job clusters: How working from home will reshape the nation
The working from home revolution will see more urban sprawl, job flight to the biggest cities and greater regional economic disparities.
