First-home buyer scheme most likely to get you a home
Expert analysis of first-home buyer assistance schemes to help Aussies has found the top program needs to be reviewed. Find out why, and how much you could save.
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Desperate bid to fix ‘silver tsunami’ of empty homes
Australia’s ‘silver tsunami’ is raising unprecedented challenges as baby boomers refuse to leave empty homes they can’t look after, prompting a push that could save taxpayers $100m a year.
Melbourne’s biggest ChatGPT rental blunders revealed
If you thought finding a home amid a rental crisis was tough before, now multiple agencies using ChatGPT to write rental listings are falling afoul of unintended inclusions. See the worst.
Revealed: 29 Tas suburbs where rents are now cheaper
Rental prices are adjusting across the state, with some suburbs $20 more affordable than they were in October. Search your suburb
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PropTrack Home Price Index reveals latest change in Geelong
Evidence is mounting that Geelong’s housing market will soon return to positive territory. But for now, PropTrack reveals rising prices remain just out of reach.
Secret buyers of 20 priciest home sales this year
A new type of insanely wealthy property buyer has emerged in Sydney, with the city’s top 15 home sales alone totalling more than $1b this financial year. See who inked the top deals
Top Queensland suburbs to buy property with as little as $31k
Despite record price gains throughout the pandemic, it’s still possible to buy a house in the $400,000s and $500,000s in Greater Brisbane – dropping as low as the $200,000s in the Qld regions.
Brisbane home price growth back in the black
Brisbane has fought its way back into positive annual home price growth, shaking off 12 interest rate hikes since May 2022 to now sit just 0.81 points away from last year’s record level.
What continues to drive up Sydney home prices
The key factors driving Sydney’s seventh straight growth in house prices have been revealed, with more growth on the cards.
Tax breaks all property investors should be claiming
The government has given real estate a generous array of deductions that can reduce your tax burden and make it easier to own an investment property. Here’s how.
Why landlords may be an endangered species
Singer Britney Spears and Australia’s two million-plus property investors have something in common amid proposed new rules.
June Hobart home prices dip while nation rises
Buyers are making below-asking price offers in an attempt to secure a Hobart home at the sharpest possible price. See the latest figures>>
30 towers: Green light for giant $1.5bn mega development
A $1.5BN housing development which will transform one of the Gold Coast’s last remaining greenfield sites has been given the green light.
Rental scams on rise as fraudsters ‘smell blood’
The number of Aussies caught in rental scams is surging, with calls to Consumer Affairs on track for their worst year since 2017.
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