LANDIT Blog
The Search for the Missing Link Between Renewable Energy and Housing
Australia’s renewable energy transition is accelerating with NSW’s Renewable Energy Zones (REZ’s) representing one of the most significant regional infrastructure programs in decades. While recent forums such as the AFR Energy and Climate Summit...
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Bold Housing Solutions Need Bold Thinking
I was born in 1968, squarely Generation X, and like many of my peers I grew up believing home ownership was the natural finish line for adulthood. You studied, often for free, found secure work, saved a deposit, and bought a home. My three...
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Intergenerational Living: A Swedish Cure for Loneliness
Last week, while on a ParkRun, I listened to a podcast that struck a chord with me. It was about a feeling we've all experienced at different times, loneliness. The irony of feeling connected through a podcast while participating in a community...
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Regions bring new solutions for housing crisis
For the last 9 months I’ve been working in the Northern Rivers of NSW as part of the flood recovery project. Regional communities are facing a housing crisis. In the past four years the value of housing in regional NSW has increased by 54%, and the...
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Breaking the City Death Spiral
The COVID 19 pandemic has changed the way we work with remote working remaining popular. As office workers stay away from their desks the challenges of underutilised office buildings are becoming more and more present. A-grade office building values in the Sydney CBD have fallen nearly 20%. What will happen to the B-grade and C-grade buildings in less attractive suburban locations that are likely to fall in value by more?
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Unlocking housing supply – challenges/solutions for surplus government land NSW
The challenges of finding surplus government land for housing development in NSW requires innovative solutions to unlock housing supply. Many of these ideas have already been explored, implemented in some instances, or discarded as too complex or costly. With cost of housing now so expensive, and unattainable for so many in most areas, it may be the time to revisit some of these ideas and see whether they now “stack up”.
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Can “build to rent” transform Australia’s rental market?
Can “build to rent” transform Australia’s rental market?
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UDIA Land Development Committee
I am excited to announce that I have been nominated for the UDIA land development committee for the 3rd year running. As a committee member, I am passionate about contributing to the various policy issues that affect greenfield land development in...
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Ride to Work Day
Leave the car at home for national Ride To Work Day - Wednesday 19 October During COVID lockdown bike shops sold out of stock and seldom used bikes stored in the dusty corners of our garages were repaired and traded to meet the soaring demand....
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Investment sales rising during the lockdown
I really enjoyed this article about how investment sales have actually been rising during 2021, in particular development sites seem to be hot property at the moment! Although the lockdown has scared many vendors away from the market, preferring to...
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