Despite skyrocketing house prices individuals are still managing to get a foot on the property ladder.
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An NAB survey showed only 40 per cent of respondents believed now was the time to purchase real estate.
Economists and the real estate industry warn massive increases in house prices seen this year are largely driven by a lack of desirable properties on the market…
The housing market is running out of records to smash, as Australia experiences a perfect storm of easy money, record low interest rates and government incentiv…
There are 156 suburbs in Sydney and 15 in Melbourne where every house sold this year has changed hands for more than $1 million.
As prices boom at a double-digit pace across Australia's regions, a property buyer has warned first-time investors.
Brendon Hillsley is one of many young Australians choosing to skip the “stepping stone home” to reap the benefits of buying an investment property instead.
Single parents in most major cities in Australia will not be able to afford a home or unit under the federal government’s new 2 per cent deposit scheme.
Superannuation is being made more flexible to meet the needs of the nation’s first home buyers and increasing numbers of Baby Boomer downsizers.
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Home values in Australia's most in-demand country towns are surging strongly as the COVID-led exodus from capital cities continues, with the nation’s top five growth areas for regional migration located within a three-hour drive of Melbourne.
Just because June 30 has been and gone, property investors don’t need to wait another financial year to get a tax depreciation schedule - even if a schedule is ordered after the end of a financial year, depreciation can still be back-claimed.
Melbourne investors are being urged to look at returning to CBD apartments with the Victorian capital recently acquiring the unique status of having outer suburban units outpricing their inner city counterparts.
Legal experts say Victoria is socialising the pandemic and pushing its burdens onto business, with a new round of support for commercial tenants disproportionately relying on property investors and landlords to carry the financial costs of the state's latest lockdown.
In the national landscape, property investors should not overlook the potential Western Australia offers as the state's economy continues to grow strongly and a long-awaited property market recovery gathers momentum.
A new guide has been launched promising Melbourne apartment buyers peace of mind, after a survey of more than 1,000-apartment owners in Victoria showed a majority were living in buildings with defects.
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