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Sunday, September 22

Sluggish housing market hits budget surplus

A sluggish housing market and a construction slowdown are hitting the state budget bottom line, with plummeting conveyance duty revenues contributing to a softer surplus in Treasurer Rob Lucas’s mid-year statement, unveiled today.

SA's declining housing industry needs an affordability boost

The building industry wants a raft of reforms to arrest the sharp decline of South Australia’s housing market – and that means measures like compulsory rainwater tanks need to be reconsidered, argues Ian Markos.

South Australia is the only state where water supply charges are paid by tenants. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

Parties must relieve pressure on SA's struggling renters

With South Australian renters continuing to grapple with high utility costs, a good move would be to reverse a legislative change which hit tenants with water supply charges, writes Ross Womersley.

Mortgage demand shows housing market is cooling

Mortgage applications were down nearly one per cent in the June quarter – another sign the housing market is beginning to cool.