Brisbane is well placed to take over as the best-performing capital city housing market over the next five years, according to CoreLogic.
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Jason and his wife have built a $150,000 share portfolio. They ask Paul Clitheroe if it's time to sell in order to buy their first home.
Unpaid rent. Illegal activity. Property damage. Evicting a tenant is a worst-case scenario, but there may come a time when a landlord needs to take action.
Flipping houses to make a quick profit was big business in the early noughties, but the numbers have dropped.
Want a better interest rate on your home loan? It's worth remembering that the banks operate on a "don't-ask, don't get" basis.
Nine years, eight months, 14 days. That's how long it took us to pay off our Sydney mortgage. Not that I was counting or anything...
With couples around twice as likely to own real estate compared with those on their own, pairing up could be the only viable option.
If your latest land tax bill has you stunned, you may be able to object to the valuation. But - excuse the pun - you must have good grounds.
Our fascination with real estate extends beyond Bondi and Newtown to Beverly Hills and Newport, with more than a million Aussies browsing US homes on real estate website Zillow each year.
The RBA has held the cash rate at its record low but the next move in interest rates will be a rise.
