Commentary
Housing supply, planning, tax and feasibility — analysis written by Max and republished from LinkedIn.
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Housing targetsSeptember 2025 Housing Approvals: Not the improvements you were hoping for, Victoria
A reported “spike” in yesterday’s housing Australian Bureau of Statistics housing approvals, with a 26% increase in units month on month.
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Planning reform in Victoria is long, long overdue.
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Particularly grating is repeating the silly Department of Transport and Planning statistic about ~400% growth in Wyndham/Melton over 30 years compared with “just” ~25% in established Bayside/Boorondara.
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Hint: not due to Federal or State Government policy… The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data included the quarterly Dwelling Units Under Construction measure for the June Quarter.
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Per the article, 42,581 homes were completed in NSW in FY2025, compared with 55,765 in VIC. Ergo VIC is performing much better, right?
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Many posts about the updated Australian Government 5% Deposit Scheme starting today (1 October 2025)
The expanded deposit guarantee, which removes the need for Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) increases purchase thresholds in line with underlying price growth, and is now unlimited in quantity.
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Call it what you will – housing target theatre, planning politics, unfounded hope – the fact remains that building mid or high-rise apartments will not solve housingaffordability in Victoria (or anywhere else in Australia).
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To no one’s surprise, the proportion of new housing built in greenfield areas is only increasing – despite the Department of Transport and Planning’s best efforts.
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Churchill-Waverley Golf and Bowls Club Ltd. has spent nearly two decades trying to unlock its land in Rowville for housing, and reinvest the proceeds in a new, upgraded facility to better serve its members and the community.
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The latest: a State-led, DFP-facilitated rezoning process for “underutilised land”, with EOIs running for potential suitable projects starting immeditely.