Jemimah Clegg
Jemimah Clegg is a freelance journalist.
Landlords hike rents nearly 50 per cent since the lows of lockdown
Rental prices for units have skyrocketed since COVID-19 lockdown, and house rents have jumped too. Is any relief in sight?
- by Jemimah Clegg
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Geography hacking: How home buyers can (almost) afford a house on their current salary
Plans to move out of the city and buy a home in the regions come very close to stacking up - if workers can pull it off.
- by Jemimah Clegg
Priced out: Home buying hurdle nearly doubles in half a generation
Potential home buyers are facing sky-high savings goals unimaginable even a decade ago, and looking for solutions to bridge the gap.
- by Jemimah Clegg
Suburbs where landlords haven’t been able to increase the rent for five years
Amid a widespread rental crisis, a handful of neighbourhoods bucked the trend.
- by Jemimah Clegg
Property prices climb in regions as buyers favour tree and sea change
Since mid-last year, local economic conditions, plus the affordability and lifestyle factors, have sparked a turnaround in property in regional Australia.
- by Jemimah Clegg
The type of home that’s more expensive than ever
Prices rose 53 per cent in the past three years – and didn’t go through a downturn like other kinds of property.
- by Jemimah Clegg
Is earlier really better? When you should have bought a house
Home buyers who managed to squeak into the property market during a narrow window of time a few years ago would not be as lucky today.
- by Jemimah Clegg
More women own property than men, but there’s a catch
Women are more likely to own a home than men, but still face greater difficulty breaking into the property market, a new report shows.
- by Jemimah Clegg
How far Australian house prices have soared above fair value
House prices are overvalued by as much as a third in some cities, but experts warn they are unlikely to fall back to a fairer level.
- by Jemimah Clegg
How the gap between home buying hopes and reality just got wider
Buying a home used to be within reach of most workers, but a yawning chasm has opened that will likely continue to grow.
- by Jemimah Clegg
‘Out of reach’: It just got even harder to buy a home
Household finances are under pressure, consumers have been downbeat, and the key hurdle to achieve home ownership has worsened.
- by Jemimah Clegg