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The stage is set for another property price surge in Perth.

‘Dangerous FOMO’: Perth listings drop as experts tip fresh price surge

Listings are drying up and property experts say that means one thing for Perth home prices.

  • Sarah Brookes

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Interest only loans are preferred by investors, experts say.

How home owners could save $143 a month – and the reasons not to

More home owners are worried about paying off a home loan into retirement, but experts suggest people think long and hard about the options.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Robert Pradolin (left) and Dan McKenna (right) from Housing All Australians.

The plan to make affordable homes of Melbourne’s empty, unsold apartments

Thousands of vacant and unsold units could be repurposed under a new affordable housing plan.

  • Daniella White
While it’s never too late to start investing, there are a few crucial considerations to keep in mind before you buy an investment property.

Should I buy an investment property, or upsize my house?

Property transactions involve numerous additional costs. Are you sure that’s the road you want to go down?

  • Paul Benson
Mornington’s median house price is lower than a year ago.

The Mornington Peninsula hotspot where house prices slumped 23 per cent

Buyers priced out of the Mornington Peninsula market during the COVID-era boom may find the door is now ajar.

  • Emily Power
Property investors from NSW are buying in Melbourne.

Where property investors are looking for cheaper homes and rising returns

Many investors are competing with local buyers for three-and-four-bedroom properties that are a fraction of the price of elsewhere.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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Adam Denyer, Peter Bishenden, and Sebastian Mignacca outside their apartment building in Sutherland.

‘You feel like Darryl Kerrigan of The Castle’: How Adam got charged for his own solar power

Home owners who assumed their solar panels would help cut the cost of their electricity have just received a surprise bill, and they’re outraged.

  • Sue Williams
Properties in some of the most sought-after streets in Brisbane and the Gold Coast could be seized after a long-running tax dispute.

The state government tried to seize Ted Amos’ multimillion-dollar properties. So he claimed they were in trust

For more than a decade, the Brisbane property mogul has been locked in a battle over unpaid land tax and court costs with the Queensland government.

  • Marissa Calligeros and Sean Parnell
Biggera Waters on the northern Gold Coast.

Tree-change towns where houses cost almost the same as five years ago

House prices have more than doubled in the past five years in some parts of regional Australia, but other neighbourhoods have risen much less.

  • Elizabeth Redman

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

The major parties can’t hope to win the election without having promises that seem to help would-be home owners. Pity they aren’t more sincere about it.

  • Ross Gittins

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