first home

You get approved for a home loan. Happy days. But then COVID-19 hits, your employer loses revenue and puts you on JobKeeper. Despite still being gainfully employed, the bank comes back and lowers the approved amount. This experience, had here by a reader ... More

Instagram feeds of perfectly-styled rooms and expensive renovations are putting pressure on homeowners to keep up with the Jones - or this season's contestants on The Block. And it's leading to financial and emotional stress, according to behavioural ... More

I own my house, which is worth $850,000, with no mortgage. I would like to buy an apartment around $450,000 and give each of my two children $150,000 for a deposit on a house. My son would like to use that deposit to purchase my house. How do I go about ... More

Michael Tomalaris, SBS newsreader, veteran sports reporter and long-time advocate of the Tour de France is spending his first July in Sydney for many years. Normally he would be in France covering the Tour which he's done for the past 24 years ... More

It's party time for first home buyers who are willing to buy new properties, with plenty of free money on offer as governments move to support the construction industry in the wake of COVID-19 - for example, up to $76,070, including stamp duty concessions ... More

What do you wish you knew before you bought your first property? When we put this question to four members of the Money team, it wasn't a list of boom suburbs they wished for, but a better understanding of just how mortgages and the cost of home-ownership ... More

Aussies have been spending more on food, alcohol and things for the home since the coronavirus hit, but what would we be splurging on if money was no object and lockdowns no barrier? That's the question we asked Money readers recently. While many ... More

St.George Bank is giving other banks a run for their money in a new home loan that does away with one of the biggest deterrents for first-home buyers: saving a 20% deposit. Take this scenario. You want to buy a house or unit worth $650,000. The rule-of-thumb ... More

I'm single, 26, and living at home with my folks (bless them). I've been home for a year and a bit now, after travelling and having a good time. I have a full-time job earning roughly $70,000pa. I put $300 a week into my superannuation (with Sunsuper). ... More

Calls for scrapping stamp duty are gaining traction in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the states look for ways to stimulate their battered economies. Critics of stamp duty point to its transactional, front-end nature, and the burden that creates ... More