The property and construction industries are constantly evolving. Planning reforms, housing policy, construction costs, infrastructure investment and market conditions all influence project outcomes.
Site Intel brings together analysis, commentary and practical insights to help project teams understand the broader forces shaping development and delivery across Australia.
Permit Pending explores the realities behind housing, planning and development in Australia. From housing delivery and planning reform to project feasibility and construction challenges, each article examines the systems and decisions that influence what ultimately gets built.
Australia’s housing debate is dominated by approvals, dwelling targets and supply. But what happens when we stop measuring housing success by numbers alone and start asking whether we’re creating homes people actually want to live in?
Build-to-Rent is often presented as a solution to Australia’s housing shortage, but few people understand the financial model behind it. This article explains how BtR projects generate returns, why institutional investors are interested, and why regional Australia presents unique feasibility challenges. More importantly, it explores what BtR can teach us about the broader housing delivery system.
Many Australian families are quietly trying to create long-term housing security for vulnerable adult children. Rising construction costs and finance pressures are making those plans harder to achieve.
There’s a lot of noise right now about housing. Talk about spare bedrooms and how many homes have an ‘excess’ of these. Talk of downsizing for older Australians so younger families ‘get a go’. And “using what we already have”.
On paper this all sounds logical. In reality however, it is missing the point. Join me as I analyse the problem not just from a data perspective, but from a development, design and real-world delivery lens.
Melbourne’s auctions surge, activity-centre maps expand, and Toorak shakes. How to fix housing without repeating the same mistakes.
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