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Empty-nesters are quietly reshaping pockets of the inner south and north, snapping up townhouses and low-maintenance units while families wait in vain for that family home to hit the market.
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The ACT Planning Authority has green-lit a 14-storey development on Cowper Street that will bring apartments, ground-floor retail and coworking space to one of Canberra's busiest inner-north corridors.
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A new affordability crunch is forcing ACT tenants to weigh whether staying in Canberra's tight rental market still makes financial sense against buying in regional centres.
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Gross rental returns in the ACT are sitting below the national average, yet a tight vacancy rate and stable public service demand are keeping landlords in the game.
Property4 July 20263 min read
With ACT median house prices sitting at $835,000 and rents still cheaper than mortgage repayments, a growing number of Canberra workers are choosing to lease where they live and invest where they can actually afford.
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A significant approval for a $340 million residential and retail development between Dickson and the CBD signals the Territory's biggest inner-north planning commitment in years.
Property4 July 20263 min read
Suburbs hugging the lake's northern shore are recording price growth that is outpacing the broader ACT market, and buyers are starting to notice.
Property4 July 20263 min read
A proposal before the ACT Planning Authority would open up a stretch of Dickson to mid-rise apartment development, and residents have until September to respond.
Property4 July 20263 min read
A proposed rezoning through the ACT Government's Housing and Planning Review could reshape the inner-south suburb of Fisher, and buyers who move early may be the ones who benefit most.
Property4 July 20263 min read
With vacancy rates near record lows and median house prices sitting above $835,000, tenants facing lease expiries in the capital are caught between an unaffordable purchase market and a rental pool that has almost nothing in it.
Property4 July 20264 min read
Canberra renters are blowing past the long-accepted affordability threshold, and the gap between renting and buying has never been harder to close.
Property4 July 20263 min read
The inner-north suburb sitting beside the Australian Institute of Sport is posting gross rental yields above 5.8 percent, outpacing every other ACT postcode tracked this quarter.
Property4 July 20263 min read
A proposal to reclassify a swath of single-dwelling blocks along Scullin's Kuringa Drive corridor would open the door to medium-density townhouses and unlock one of Belconnen's last underused residential pockets.
Property4 July 20263 min read
With Canberra's median house price sitting at $835,000, the ACT Land Rent Scheme is quietly reshaping who can afford to buy — and delivering yields that are drawing fresh scrutiny.
Property4 July 20263 min read
While the ACT median sits at $835,000 and stamp duty pain spreads across the border states, one inner-north suburb is quietly rewarding buyers who do their homework.
Property4 July 20263 min read
A wave of new residential projects across the capital's growth corridors is bringing the ACT Home Buyer Concession Scheme back into sharp focus — and eligible buyers could pocket up to $36,750.
Property4 July 20263 min read
A proposed rezoning of Chifley's commercial spine could reshape one of Canberra's most undervalued inner-south pockets — and buyers are starting to notice.
Property4 July 20263 min read
A new affordability breakdown shows ACT renters are handing over more each week than counterparts in Geelong, Ballarat and Toowoomba, yet accumulating none of the equity gains those regional markets delivered over the past three years.
Property4 July 20263 min read
With the ACT median house price sitting at $835,000 and rental vacancy rates near historic lows, a new class of purpose-built rental developments is positioning itself as a long-term alternative to ownership — but the fine print matters.
Property4 July 20264 min read
Properties within 500 metres of Lake Burley Griffin's southern shore have recorded median price growth of nearly 18 percent over the past 18 months, leaving the broader ACT median in the dust.
Property4 July 20263 min read