suburbs

So, you're in the market for an investment property. Time to start browsing real estate sites and searching your area for the best looking, highest renting, cheapest property that you would happily live in. Easy as that, right? Wrong! Buying an investment ... More

Home ownership is all but a pipe dream for many Australians as they're kept out of the market by soaring property prices. While this narrative holds true for major metropolitan areas, home ownership remains a reality in other parts of the country. ... More

I live in Sydney with my wife and two young kids. I plan to buy a second home in the next two years, which I assume will cost between $900,000 and $1.2 million. I'm looking to buy in a suburb with a good government school, otherwise I need to pay for ... More

The most successful property investors in 2020 will be those who think small. For the past six years, including 2019, it's all been about big: the two big cities, their boom, their downturn and their recovery. Mercifully, 2020 will see the focus ... More

When looking for a property, whether as an investment or to live in, it's easy to get lost in the what's-hot-and-what's-not echo chamber. But it's really horses for courses. Suburb recommendations vary as much as the experts providing ... More

Almost $21 billion in superannuation remains lost and unclaimed, new data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows. Last year more than 540,000 active, lost and unclaimed super accounts worth more than $4.4 billion was consolidated using ATO ... More

The champagne flowed freely on The Block finale on Sunday night. Winners Tess and Luke watched the hammer fall a whopping $630,000 over reserve. Even last-place finishers Mitch and Mark enjoyed a windfall of $384,000. While hysteria surrounding the ... More

First home buyers will be able to get into a house with as little as 5% deposit through the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme - provided the value of the property falls under the property price caps announced this week by the Morrison government. The caps ... More

The greatest argument in city planning is about density. Most state governments want to contain city growth within the existing urban footprint. The alternative is urban sprawl, which is impractical and costly, because there's no infrastructure in greenfield ... More

With Labor looking as if it might win this weekend's election, prospective property investors are considering making a move before the end of the year. That's because if Labor does proceed with its proposal to restrict negative gearing to new property ... More