Forget stamp duty concessions for first-home buyers. The answer to the housing affordability issue could be a tax break for empty nesters aged over 70.
Property
The words "property oversupply" have been bandied around a lot, but recent data shows most markets actually have an undersupply of listings.
A survey has painted a bleak picture of the rental market, with tenants reporting discrimination and poorly maintained properties. But renters have rights.
CBA will suspend new lending for investors looking to refinance as part of a crackdown on investor lending, believed to be behind housing's rapid growth.
Finding the right home loan is like finding the right partner. What are you looking for?
While the rest of us wait for an eventual rate increase, the banks don't appear to be as complacent. Where are the cheapest home loan rates?
What's at the top of the NSW premier's to-do list? Housing affordability. Gladys Berejiklian says she's open to ideas; LJ Hooker CEO Grant Harrod has a few.
Property investors will need to get creative to overcome affordability problems and to steer clear of areas inundated with apartments in 2017.
Sarah and her partner are underwater on their Broome investment property, which is expensive to manage and maintain. Should they take the hit and sell it in order to buy a home in Perth?
Simply adding housing affordability to the stated objectives of planning laws would go a long way in positioning the issue where decisions are made.
