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New homes built where they’re needed least

  • 19/02/2026
  • Author Jimmy-T

Sydney's housing crisis has a cruel geography: new homes are being built where they're needed least and not where they're needed most.

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    All in all, it’s just another crack in the wall

    • 18/02/2026
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Cracks are appearing in the headlong rush to build more homes - and some are in houses next to new blocks where developers just want to dig.

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      Levies shock: the crippling cost of compliance

      • 16/02/2026
      • Author Jimmy-T

      In the great league table of law changes and their unintended consequences, the fall out from the Design & Building Practitioners Act (DBPA), is up there with the effects of…

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        Forum: Hey, big spender – show us the receipts

        • 12/02/2026
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Forum: How much should strata managers be allowed to spend without prior authority? Also what can you so about felled trees?

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          Strata gambling: Chances are you’re about to lose

          • 12/02/2026
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Strata investment is enough of a gamble without trusting that "she'll be right". There sharks in that water and you need to beware.

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            News: Bad Bunny’s super bowl of property

            • 12/02/2026
            • Author Jimmy-T

            Superbowl half-time star Bad Bunny has come a long way from the relative poverty of Puerto Rico, with a portfolio of luxury homes.

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              Quirky: Mobile phone tower gets a bad reception

              • 12/02/2026
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Quirky: A sitcom home in Wales, building a block in a driveway and a basketball court in an apartment - but a phone tower saga takes the biscuit.

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                Why we buy the idea of build-to-rent apartments

                • 10/02/2026
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Owning property is a huge part of the Australian dream - but what about renting somewhere that fulfills all your needs?

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                  Forum: Committee sacked but it just comes back

                  • 05/02/2026
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  FORUM: How a strata committee fell apart - and compulsory management was merely a pause in hostilities rather than a solution

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                    State says market forces will beat housing crisis

                    • 05/02/2026
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    As states across Australia leverage the release of public land to guarantee the construction of affordable homes, one government is going it alone.

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                      NEWS: Hard-hit burbs and rental bond robbery

                      • 04/02/2026
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      NEWS: From robbed renters to hard-hit owners, all the left field apartment stories from just one day this week.

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                        QUIRKY: Flatpack pods are just the beginning

                        • 04/02/2026
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        QUIRKY: Park yourself in a pod. Bunnings are selling flatpack homes for the cost of a decent family car.

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