Developer Capio snaps up government site for $68m apartments project
Capio founder Mark Bainey says he is cashed-up and looking to buy more sites after buying a 5000-square-metre property in Sydney’s Carlingford.
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Capio founder Mark Bainey says he is cashed-up and looking to buy more sites after buying a 5000-square-metre property in Sydney’s Carlingford.
A plunge in new home building to a 10-year low will collide with the arrival of a record 1.5 million migrants, worsening housing shortages, driving up rents and inflating real estate prices.
Of the 22 development projects funded last year by non-bank lender Salvest, not one has commenced construction.
Rising interest rates and lower prices have increased the risks for off-the-plan apartment buyers who are due to settle this year or next.
Residential construction costs surged by a record 11.9 per cent over the past 12 months, but they are now easing amid falling demand, the Cordell Construction Cost Index shows.