Where are Australia's most popular places for first-home buyers?
Though Queensland has the highest percentage of first-home buyers overall, Melbourne's 3029, which includes suburbs Truganina and Hoppers Crossing, is the most popular post code.
More Australians lumped with mortgage later in life
Because they are delaying the purchase of their first home, more Australians will have a mortgage later in life, according to The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Affordability worsens as bigger mortgages erode benefits of lower rates
The proportion of family income required to meet average monthly loan repayments was 29.5% during the September quarter, up modestly from 29.4% the previous quarter, according to The Adelaide Bank/REIA Housing Affordability Report.
Chris Bowen says housing affordability at 'crisis levels'
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has spoken about the decline in Australia's housing affordability, saying we are 'a nation that can no longer house its own children.'
According to a report just released home ownership is slipping away for many Australians and soon less than half of all adults will own their own home.
