‘Game changer’: Housing market surprise
A surprising plan to shake up the housing market could save Australians struggling with high rent almost $100 a week.
Renting
Rental shortages a real possibility in 2019
One property expert is predicting a return to boom time renting issues in Western Australia in 2019. Here’s why:
The Bayside suburb that could halve your rent
Renters in Bayside can halve their weekly rental payments by moving a few streets away from the beach. Find out where renters can live to save thousands a month.
Photos show grim rental reality
Australian renters have shared photos of their disgusting living conditions as a new report reveals the shocking state of the market.
Australia’s most eye-watering rental postcodes
Think your rent is expensive? Spare a thought for the folks living in Australia’s most unaffordable postcodes.
‘Time bombs’ in Aussie homes
An expert has claimed up to one in five rental properties could be contaminated by ice in Victoria — but others say there’s more to the story.
Rental crisis causes ‘housing gridlock’
One capital city has been labelled with the unfortunate tag of ‘Australia’s most unaffordable city to rent’. And it’s not where you might think.
‘30 men a month to pay rent’
A sex worker operating out of a block of flats dubbed the UK’s “biggest brothel” says she needs to bed “30 men a month” to pay the sky-high rent.
Moving home makes you crazy
Young adults who return to live with their parents may experience unforeseen emotional consequences, new research has found.
Renter’s fury over ‘prison cell’ room
Oscar Gordon says he is now “paying full rent to wake up in complete darkness” after a brick wall was built against his window.
‘WTF?’: Moment man uses toilet to cook spaghetti
VIDEO: A man has been slammed for his atrocious decision while cooking spaghetti. And his excuse for his behaviour is the real head-shaker.
Map reveals rental market killer
A MAP has revealed a stark change in the Australian rental market. And one thing is responsible for the housing carnage.
Real estate agents mock tenants
RAY White has apologised after facing backlash over a newsletter in which it mocked tenants’ reasons for not paying rent, including “funeral costs”.
Easy way to save $3120 a year
AUSSIES are wasting thousands each year by failing to do one simple thing. But it only takes one conversation to get it back.
Mind-blowing cheap rent hack revealed
THERE’S an easy way scores of Aussies can slash their rent and shave their commute. But most of us don’t realise it’s an option.
Queensland towns striking property gold
PARTS of regional Queensland are on the cusp of a major real estate revival as they shake off the shackles of the post-mining boom hangover. SEE WHERE THE BOOM COULD HIT
Landlord’s heartbreak after house turned into meth lab
LANDLORD Michael Mills is facing a whopping bill after his property was trashed by drug-using squatters — and stripped of everything of value.
Tenants ‘from hell’ trash house
A LANDLADY evicted a “tenant from hell” — but his four subletters refused to move. One said he would “pay rent if you take off your pants”.
Raise the rent or keep the tenant?
WHILE your property investment may look great on paper, things can quickly turn on their head if you’re faced with a tenant thinking about vacating because they’re being faced with a rental increase.
$220,000 battle over 76cm strip
A TINY strip of concrete is at the centre of a 10-year, $220,000 legal battle that has left two families financially ruined.
How to live the VIP lifestyle
ALWAYS fancied waking up between designer sheets in a luxury mansion, or soaking in the swanky tub of a private penthouse with a killer view? Now you can.
Woman does ‘huge’ poo in drive
ANOTHER public pooper has struck. A mystery woman was caught on CCTV leaving a “huge” poo in this couple’s driveway.
‘Kids should be banned from rentals’
THERE’S often a “no pets allowed” box on rental agreements but puppies aren’t always the most destructive additional residents.
Live with the Queen for free
ROYAL FANS it’s time to freshen up your resumes — with four live-in roles currently calling for applicants at Buckingham Palace.
Evicted woman sets fire to own flat
WHEN Roxy Lee Jackson was told she was being booted out of her home, she decided to light a match — and then walked away.
Outrage at landlord’s ‘KFC test’
A GROWING number of landlords are putting prospective tenants through what’s been dubbed the ‘KFC test’.
The end of the great Aussie share house
IT’S the Aussie rite of passage that is rapidly disappearing from our culture. And it’s sky-high property prices that are to blame.
Millionaire evicting ‘pregnant women’
HE’S sending single mums and their babies out onto the streets — but property mogul Fergus Wilson insists he’s no “bad guy”.
BF charges struggling partner rent
THEY’VE been together for a decade and have a child, but this man still won’t let his struggling partner live with him for free.
‘Vile’ neighbour makes life a ‘living hell’
LESLEY Cooper has been described as “Britain’s worst neighbour” thanks to her petty war on the family next door.
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