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Kemps Creek water plant adds capacity for 140,000 Western Sydney connections

A $1.2 billion wastewater facility has opened at Kemps Creek, adding essential servicing capacity for growth around the Aerotropolis, Austral and Leppington. Connections still depend on local networks and individual developments proceeding.

RentBuy Team8 Oct 20264 min read

Market
Multi-unit completions drive a 5.8% rebound in Australian home building
Apartment and townhouse completions rose sharply in the June quarter, lifting total housing completions to 47,168. Starts also improved, although the mix of new projects remains weighted towards detached houses.
RentBuy Team8 Oct 20265 min read
Market
Today’s larger home loans outweigh the pain of 17% rates, analysis finds
New analysis says much larger loan balances leave recent borrowers committing more income to repayments than buyers did around 1990, despite today’s lower mortgage rates.
RentBuy Team6 Oct 20264 min read
Market
New-home investment rises as knock-down rebuild spending falls 32%
KPMG says housing investment is shifting away from replacing one home with another and towards projects that add dwellings, although Australians still spent $56.2 billion renovating in 2025-26.
RentBuy Team6 Oct 20264 min read
Selling
Victoria’s published auction reserves put sellers on a seven-day clock
An early Melbourne auction sailed past its voluntarily published reserve, days before Victoria’s compulsory disclosure rules begin applying. Here is what vendors and buyers must now check.
RentBuy Team5 Oct 20264 min read
Market
Warrnambool growth plan approved for 4,500 homes and a new town centre
Victoria has approved a major residential precinct for Warrnambool, but its 4,500 homes will be delivered progressively over the next two to three decades.
RentBuy Team4 Oct 20264 min read
Buying
Waterproofing dominates NSW apartment defect orders, register review finds
A review of NSW building orders found waterproofing in 88% of apartment cases with defect tables, underlining the checks buyers should make before purchasing.
RentBuy Team4 Oct 20264 min read
Market
Housing approvals lag estimated demand by 88,809 homes, suburb analysis finds
A new suburb-level analysis identifies an estimated national housing approval gap, but approvals, population growth and completed supply need to be read carefully.
RentBuy Team4 Oct 20264 min read

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Kemps Creek water plant adds capacity for 140,000 Western Sydney connections

Multi-unit completions drive a 5.8% rebound in Australian home building

Today’s larger home loans outweigh the pain of 17% rates, analysis finds

New-home investment rises as knock-down rebuild spending falls 32%

Victoria’s published auction reserves put sellers on a seven-day clock

Warrnambool growth plan approved for 4,500 homes and a new town centre

Waterproofing dominates NSW apartment defect orders, register review finds

Housing approvals lag estimated demand by 88,809 homes, suburb analysis finds