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 challenge has shifted. The issue is no longer simply a shortage of homes—it’s a market repricing risk across finance, feasibility, construction and delivery. Until projects stack commercially, policy announcements alone won’t build more housing.
For years, Australia’s housing conversation has tended to swing between two topics: planning approvals and interest rates.
This week felt different.
Across industry publications, policy discussions and market commentary, a broader conversation is emerging. One that acknowledges housing isn’t a single problem with a single solution.
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.
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.
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Victoria’s regulatory system leaves home-buyers vulnerable, but the government has an opportunity to raise the bar for builders Republished Article – By Dr Paulo Vaz-Serra and Dr Andrew Martel, University of Melbourne Windows that barely open, no
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