DevelopmentAnalysisAustralia's apartment shortage is becoming a construction problem
Approvals have recovered. Completions have not. The gap between the two has become the defining feature of the national housing shortfall.
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Planning, approvals, construction and supply.
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Build-to-rent reaches scale in Melbourne
The sector has moved from pilot to fixture, and is now large enough to influence advertised rents in the inner city.
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Infrastructure spending shifts to Melbourne's outer west
Transport investment is moving to the growth corridors where population is already arriving, reversing a decade of inner-city concentration.
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Apartment design standards add 9 per cent to delivery cost, study finds
The study finds that identical apartment layouts cost between 4 and 13 per cent more to deliver depending on the state in which they are built.
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