Following last week’s 10 year retrospective on capital city home value growth we undertake a comparison with the rental growth performance over the...

It is often commented that in Australia property values double every 10 (some say 7) years. This week we look at whether this has been the case over ...

A good property manager can be the difference between an investment property that plods along and one that supercharges your portfolio’s growth – ...

Stamp duty is a necessary evil of purchasing property in Australia, but there are several important things you need to know about it before building u...

If you’re self-employed or a full-time investor, you might not be able to prove your income through traditional means – but there are ways you can...

Two previously depressed markets are being touted as the growth locations to target in 2016 – but what do investors need to watch out for? A new wav...

Further details have emerged about new underquoting guidelines, with some specifics likely to reassure agents but others likely to cause concern. Min...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the outcome of its first board meeting of the year. In a move which will shock few economists, commentator...

HOUSING approvals are down for December but up for 2013. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied WHILE building approvals dropped in alm...

HOUSING approvals are down for December but up for 2013. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied WHILE building approvals dropped in alm...

HOUSING approvals are down for December but up for 2013. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied WHILE building approvals dropped in alm...

Outdated tax brackets from 1986 are keeping Sydneysiders out of the property markets   Darren Van De Wint and fiancee, Haley Richardson ...

Sydney's property market is now “flying”, analysts say, with a stunning 78.1 per cent auction clearance rate on the weekend. The inner-wes...

The Reserve Bank (RBA) held their second board meeting of the year earlier this week where they decided to keep official interest rates on hold at 3.0...

Last week there were 1,983 capital city auctions, up from 2,004 over the previous week. Across the 1,983 auctions, the combined capital city auction c...

At the end of 2012, the average length of ownership for those properties sold over the year was 9.3 years for houses and 8.2 years for units. The aver...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the official cash rate for the first time in four months. At its monthly Board meeting, the Reserve Bank decided...

The importance of interest rates to borrowers has declined dramatically since last year, raising questions about the potential effect of yesterday&rsq...

53 per cent of Australian households have no income left each month after paying their mortgage and other bills, the latest ME Bank Household Financia...

REAL estate prices are under threat from the high Australian dollar, along with confidence and jobs, but the Organisation for Economic Co-operation an...

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