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The Auckland myth: There is no evidence that upzoning increased housing construction

The one study showing it did is methodologically flawed and contradicted by the data

Jun 4 •

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A natural experiment in excess housing supply

Why did Melbourne rents bounce so quickly after a massive 5% supply shock?

May 28 •

Housing supply and the planning pipeline

Some new data and scenarios that need to fit your model of housing supply

May 21 •

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The great housing supply contradiction

Jul 24, 2022 • Cameron Murray

Did public housing create the Australian dream?

Apr 2 • Cameron Murray

Why politicians must pretend to want cheap housing

Mar 16, 2022 • Cameron Murray

Housing confusions: Builders versus property owners and building versus planning approval

Feb 26 • Cameron Murray

Slums are how the free market houses the poor

Apr 10 • Cameron Murray

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Fear of an ageing population is age old

The Australian Treasurer in 1935 was also concerned about the ageing problem, the pension system and the budget

May 14 •

'Carbon footprint' is a conceptually flawed idea

We cannot draw lines around ourselves and allocate blame to individuals

May 7 •

FET #18: Housing future fund and COVID updates

Listen now (32 min) | We catch up on recent housing and COVID policy developments

May 4 •

No one knows how to handle housing in the CPI: Singapore edition

Nearly 90% are homeowners but nearly 20% of the CPI is housing rents

May 1 •

Property owners hate more supply and competition...

even though they pretend to love it

Apr 23 •

Four interviews on housing and corruption

Some interviews I’ve done over the past few weeks have been published all at once. I thought my readers might be interested. First, is the Australiana…

Apr 19 •

What stops Labor moving further to the left?

Guest post by Wheel Reinventor

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