buying and selling

There are a myriad investment vehicles out there hoping to attract your hard-earned dollars with the promise of future wealth, so why should property be top of your list? In my experience, real estate is streets ahead (excuse the pun) in three key areas ... More

Q. My partner is 51 and earns $70,000 and has super of $200,000. I am 42 and earn $62,000 (I work at a not-for-profit and salary package $18,550), plus investment property income of $18,000 with superannuation of $160,000. We bought our principal place ... More

Q. What do we need to do with property that isn't selling, even with a price drop to match market conditions? We purchased the property in 2009 through our family trust. The purchase was for three new three-bedroom, two-bathroom townhouses on a DA-approved ... More

Q. My husband and I (32 and 30) bought a two-bedroom unit for $610,000 two years ago. We took out a mortgage for $550,000, which we are happily paying off . We also have a one-year-old daughter. We want to extend our family in the next five years so ... More

NAME: Elena Antonis STATUS: A retiree who wants a tree change. QUESTIONS: Should my daughter and I accept a lower price for our Sydney apartment or should we wait until prices rise? What are the stamp duty and conveyancing costs if I buy a property ... More

When it comes to money, an absolute necessity is a really good "crap meter" because, by goodness, there is so much absolute nonsense said and written about money and investment. The good news for me is that this provides an endless source of issues ... More

Chances are if you bought a high-rise apartment in recent years you've bought a property with defects. Some would be much more significant than others: think the current Mascot Towers cracking fiasco, the Opal Tower cracking in Sydney last December ... More

Q. I am 32, married and wanting to start a family. When I was younger and still single I bought a studio student apartment which I bought off the plan in 2010 and paid $221,000. I paid for it with some help from family and a mortgage which at the moment ... More

Q. My husband and I are in our mid-30s and purchased a townhouse in one of Brisbane's bayside suburbs in 2017, shortly after moving to Queensland. I am incredibly homesick so am looking to move back to NSW (Wollongong) to be closer to family later this ... More

There were no real surprises from the big four Australian banks this reporting season, which was contrary to forecasts from financial analysts. At the time of the banking royal commission final report, many expected that the clouds of doom and gloom ... More