A claim by the superannuation industry that house prices would jump $75,000 if first home buyers were allowed to tap into their super to help save for a deposit has been branded “implausible” by economists and slammed by the Coalition as “self-serving”. With house prices soaring and home ownership ratesContinue Reading

A leading economist has weighed into the increasingly heated debate over Australia’s housing crisis, calling for a slowdown in immigration to allow time for supply to catch up with demand. Chris Richardson, independent economist and former Deloitte Access Economics partner, wrote in an op-ed for The Australian Financial Review onContinue Reading