Renting
How Nick got an $8000 payout from his landlord
Renter Nick Stillman had signed a lease and moved into his home, when he found himself in a unique situation.
- by Tawar Razaghi
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How Jy got his landlord to repay him $1365
Legal experts think there’s lots of money out there to be claimed and that thousands of Victorian renters could be entitled to refunds.
- by Jim Malo
Capitals will need millions of homes for 5 million new residents
Sydney and Melbourne alone will need to build at least another 1.3 million homes to accommodate an extra 3 million residents over the next 18 years, a new report finds.
- by Shane Wright
Renters in spotlight under potential real estate industry code of conduct
While detail on the work is limited, Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon says the government is looking at the issue to align Queensland with other states.
- by Matt Dennien
The once-hot Victorian towns where rents are slowing - or at a discount
The exodus of Melburnians to work remotely in the regions has been losing steam, and the once-booming pace of rent rises followed suit.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
The once-booming NSW regional towns where rents are at a discount
Workers have mostly returned to offices instead of logging on from the coast, but despite the slowdown many tenants are doing it tough.
- by Tawar Razaghi and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Opinion
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I was shamelessly catfished ... by a rental property
Sydney’s rental crisis is so severe that renters - including me - are lowering their standards and upping their desperation levels.
- by Laura Chung
‘Won’t be solved overnight’: Perth rental warning as vacancy rate drops further
With WA growing faster than other states and very little stock on the market, it is getting harder and harder to find a rental in Perth.
- by Sarah Brookes
Alyce got a 45 per cent rent hike. Then she moved in with her in-laws
It’s not a move she expected to make in her mid-30s and married, but in Sydney’s rental crisis, what choice did she have?
- by Tawar Razaghi
Cold air in Natasha’s old home gave her sores. In her new home, she can’t sleep
She was priced out of her suburb and kept getting outbid on properties. Her new place isn’t ideal, but what choice did she have?
- by Jim Malo
How to live in a share house during a rental crisis
How do you find your first flatmates and what’s the best way to interact with your landlord?
- by Jim Malo