Hitting pause on your mortgage payments could get you through coronavirus hardship. But it could also add thousands of dollars to your mortgage.
Property
With open houses and auctions banned under social distancing rules, and sellers retreating to the sidelines, will property sales grind to a halt?
On the eve of the government announcing help for tenants who can't pay the rent, landlords are asking for financial assistance from government, regulators and banks.
Do your neighbours have to tell you if they have been exposed to COVID-19? Is it ok to keep using shared laundries? Here's how to stay safe in an apartment building during a pandemic.
Greg's 19-year-old daughter has saved $30,000. With term deposit rates so low, should he put her savings against his mortgage and pay her interest instead?
There's no doubt that the recent market sell-off from the coronavirus will have an impact on real estate. The question is, how large and how long.
With 8 million Australians renting three million properties, what do you do if you can't pay the rent because of the impact of coronavirus?
Should Ros and her husband cash out his super to pay off an investment property that is draining them? They've got Paul Clitheroe worried.
So you've decided to sell your family home. Y you'll need somewhere to put the funds from your sale, preferably somewhere where the value of your money doesn't go backwards - and it's not easy given our low interest rates.
So, you're in the market for an investment property. Time to scour your area for the cheapest, highest-renting property, right? Wrong.
