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Higher income buyers are more active in the market.

How much you need to earn to buy a house

The household income of home loan applicants has jumped over the past five years, while borrowing capacity has plunged.

  • Alice Uribe

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The northern beaches is in demand from home buyers.

Where home owners are selling their houses for the most money

Home sellers in some suburbs are defying the property downturn, collecting profits of $1 million or more – but they’re properties that tick all the right boxes.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Bruce Cox on the balcony of his fourth-floor apartment in Woolloomooloo.

Bruce is about to lose his views to the developer nearby. But what are they worth?

Residents who bought into properties thinking they’d be protected by zoning speak of an inner-city proposal as the “thin edge of the wedge”.

  • Sue Williams
Having houses on your mind is common in your 30s, but it’s not the only way to show off your financial prowess.

I’m in my 30s and can’t afford property. Am I a financial failure?

Comparing yourself to others is common when it comes to money, but owning property isn’t the only way to show your financial prowess.

  • Paridhi Jain
Houses are more likely to make a profit than apartments.

Suburbs where property owners are selling at a loss

Most property sellers make money, but loss-making resales have been concentrated in only a few neighbourhoods, a new report finds.

  • Elizabeth Redman
In retirement, superannuation is likely to serve you better than some investment properties.

We have low super but four properties. How should we plan for retirement?

Though investment properties can provide healthy returns, in retirement, superannuation is the best source of income.

  • Paul Benson
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Forty-year mortgages are a big increase on standard mortgages in Australia, which usually run from 25 to 30 years.

Longer but not better: 40-year mortgages don’t make houses cheaper

Yes, your repayments are lower and you can borrow more. But these aren’t the upsides of longer loan times that they appear to be.

  • Victoria Devine
Peter Dutton and his property portfolio.

How Dutton and his dad laid the foundations for prosperity

Peter Dutton likes to say he grew up “working class”, with a bricklayer father and a secretary mother. His father, Bruce, is a huge part of the success he now enjoys.

  • James Massola

The Duttons’ empty trust fund could have cut their tax bill. Here’s how it worked

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has revealed his family’s trust holds no assets after being used for years in property transactions.

  • James Massola and Penry Buckley
International property buyers face rules about what they can buy.

Why foreign buyers of Australian property are falling away

Australia is seen as a favourable destination, but the number of homes bought by foreign buyers has been falling, figures show.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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