Independent commentary examining housing delivery, planning reform, construction, project feasibility and the systems shaping Australia’s built environment.
Oil prices are rising due to instability in the Middle East and this flows directly into the bottom line of your development. What you should be doing now to ensure your costs don’t blow out before you pour the slab.
The real issue behind the construction cost escalation headlines is not a cost-spike to deal with temporarily, but a new cost reality moving forward.
Melbourne’s auctions surge, activity-centre maps expand, and Toorak shakes. How to fix housing without repeating the same mistakes.
Domain’s latest Profit and Loss Report confirms what many already know: property remains one of Australia’s strongest wealth-building assets. But while most capitals are enjoying near-record profits, Melbourne’s resale margins are softening. For builders, developers and homeowners, the difference between profit and pain now comes down to smarter planning not market timing.
Victoria’s new VC282 planning amendment fast-tracks single and small second dwellings, but will it solve the housing crisis? This week’s Permit Pending digs into housing targets, Melbourne’s shifting commercial landscape, economic warning signs, and the design solutions we should be building now.
From Kingston Council pushing back on Dingley Village redevelopment, new heritage rules under review, rising housing market pressure, to Ozzy‑themed chants and airport petitions—here’s your weekly digest.
Across the globe — and here in Australia — planning decisions are shaping who belongs, who gets displaced, and how quietly injustice is built into place.
Ozzy Osbourne has left the building — and while the headlines call him a rock legend, to us, he was the guy who shouted “Aaaaaallllll abooooaaard!” through our speakers every morning. This week, we pause the planning chat to honour a man who lived loud, loved hard and never pretended to be anything he wasn’t. Rest easy, Ozzy — and thanks for the chaos.
This so-called “trophy investment” is a childcare centre on a diesel-soaked intersection. Here’s what they didn’t tell you in the brochure.
If it feels like the heat’s rising across Australia’s property sector, that’s because it is. But while headlines talk up price rebounds and developer buzzwords, the reality on the ground tells a different story.
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