Rent’s up — just — for Heynatz
SINGER, model, actor and mother Erika Heynatz can attest, like many Sydney landlords, that there’s been little rental price growth in investment properties over recent times.
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‘No idea’ how many Aussies in danger
AUTHORITIES have no idea how many Australian buildings are covered in cladding like that used on Grenfell Tower.
Horror reality of apartment life
MORE people are buying apartments as house prices rise, but apartment living isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Renting in Australia isn’t so bad
WORRIED about renting for life? It’s not all bad, according to this study which says Sydney is one of the world’s best cities for renters.
Nab a discount on your rental
MORE than 40 new affordable housing units in Willoughby are being marketed towards renters who earn a single income below $60,000 or a couple income less than $90,000.
Radical solution to housing crisis
AUSTRALIANS are struggling to get set up in their own homes, but a radical new housing scheme could have the answer.
‘I can’t live here. What am I going to do?’
BUCKS parties, hens nights, strippers, drugs and alcohol. Neighbours of unruly “party houses” say they feel powerless.
Watch out for this real estate scam
THE apartment in one of Melbourne’s up-market suburbs looked too good to be true, and it was. Don’t be caught out by this online real estate scam.
Public housing cheats exposed
ALMOST 8000 public housing tenants have been dobbed in or fessed up to millions of dollars in rorts. Now, they’ll pay the price.
‘Feral tenants unlike anything we’ve seen’
A PERTH landlord is facing a huge clean-up bill after tenants left his rental property completely trashed in one of the worst cases ever.
Sunrise debate gets awkward
A DEBATE between Sunrise hosts David Koch and Natalie Barr about renting versus buying got just a little bit awkward.
Cheapest rooms near Sydney stations
RENTERS in Sydney, wanting a bargain close to public transport, should be looking to Hurlstone Park or Croydon.
‘We loved it, so we bought it’ … for $3.27m
KIRRIBILLI tenants lived in a unit for five years, and they loved it so much that when it hit the market they snapped it up — for a complex record $3.27 million.
Battle to get rental bonds back
RENTERS must fight back against dodgy landlords who strip them of their bond money with bogus claims of damage and repairs, consumer groups and tenants rights advocates have urged.
Plummeting rents could be a sign of doom
WHAT if we told you housing in Australia was getting cheaper? For renters, it’s true. And it could mean something calamitous for the property market.
Mum’s house hunt from hell
MARY* knew she had to enter Australia’s dreaded housing market. Her property hunt was worse than anyone imagined.
Has Coalition given up on house prices?
ACCORDING to a property expert, Treasurer Scott Morrison has joined plenty of young Australians in putting housing affordability in the too-hard basket.
Tassie’s new lease on life
RENTAL demand is higher in Tasmania than almost anywhere in Australia, a report has revealed.
‘What hope do I have on $60,000?’
THIS 30-year-old Sydney nurse has lost hope of ever buying a house. After six years of 40-hour weeks, he says he’s managed to save just $6000.
Landlords in a fit over ‘disastrous’ plan
AN IDEA has been floated that would force landlords to allow all their tenants to have pets and investors are freaking out.
Tinkler investment back on market
ONE of the smallest investments of Queensland wunderkind Nathan Tinkler has come back on the market.
‘I would’ve been homeless’
YOUNG people are being forced to live with their parents or pack into a sharehouse like sardines because they can’t break into the rental market.
Renters too scared to have a whinge
RENTERS are increasingly living with uncertainty and fear of eviction while affordable housing becomes increasingly unattainable, according to a new study.
Sydney, it’s time to bunk up or shut up
RENTERS desperate to live in the trendiest suburbs are bunking down with strangers in boxy shared rooms for up to $300 a week.
Rental mayhem: Maggots, faeces, rubbish
AS FLIES swarm and a pungent stench fills the air, a tearful landlord wonders where she went wrong when responding to a Gumtree ad.
Getting to the front of the rental queue
DOWNSIZERS, older couples and single professionals are verging into the rental market, increasing competition for homes but there is a way for tenants to stand out.
Renters-by-choice to drive market in 2017
‘RENTVESTORS’ will become more prominent this year, as the Aussie rental market is increasingly influenced by young people who are tenants because they want to be, not because they have to be.
Is this Sydney’s cheapest bed?
IF YOU have lofty seaside living aspirations but you’re short of funds, we’re found you a compromise.
Australia’s most expensive rentals
CAN’T afford to buy a luxury home? Well maybe you can rent one. Take a tour through some of Australia’s most expensive rental properties.
Cheapest Sydney rents level with Melbourne’s median
RENTS on Sydney’s cheapest properties are drawing close to the typical prices Melbourne tenants pay for middle of the road properties.
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