If you've ever dreamed of becoming a property tycoon with investments all over the country, it just got a bit easier. Scraping together deposits and worrying about complicated tax issues needn't be a problem, with a new company offering investors the chance to buy into properties one brick at a time. The latest property up [...]
Selling a home can be one of the most stressful things you'll do in your lifetime. As can buying a home. Doing the two together? Surely double the stress. But buying BEFORE you sell? Why would anyone do that to themselves? The key to buying and selling simultaneously – or even buying before you sell [...]
When it comes to buying your first home, scraping together enough money to meet your lender's deposit requirements can be a huge achievement, and it's something that increasing numbers of buyers are struggling with. But it turns out that for many, the financial worries don't stop there. A new survey by Mortgage Choice has found [...]
It's no secret that inner-city homes are some of the most expensive around, but it's not just the designer taps and famous architects that are pushing prices up. It is in fact the cost of land in capital cities that's driving the biggest price increases, and there's no sign of this slowing, according to the [...]
There is a craze sweeping the world that's drawing people out of their homes and onto the streets – albeit with their eyes firmly focused downwards on a screen – to explore a fantasy world and try to catch the fictional creatures that roam around it. We're talking, of course, about Pokémon GO. The game [...]
The Holy Grail for any property investor is finding a market that is about to surge in value – and securing a property there before it does. Rental income may allow you to hold on to a property for longer, but it's capital growth which will make the biggest difference to your bank balance. The [...]
If you live or work in central Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, chances are you've noticed a lot more of something dotting the skyline recently: construction cranes. This could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your situation. If you're waiting to snap up an apartment at a bargain price then you could [...]
There's this thing that we all (well, almost all) have to do at some point in our lives: move out of our family home and face the big wide world by ourselves. Some can't wait to make the move and gain independence, while others are a little more reluctant to let go of the comforts [...]
Whether you see yourself as a bit of a property tycoon or you're tentatively doing some research into buying your first investment property, you of course want to build up a successful portfolio that will give you a good return in the future. But with so many factors to consider, how do you find the [...]
Let's be honest, real estate agents don't have the best reputation amongst us lay folk, do they? They’re notorious for their shady personalities and underhand tricks, but are these preconceptions justified or should we wipe the slate clean and give estate agents a fair chance? Three agents have spilled the beans (some of the beans, [...]
Finding the perfect place to live is not that different to finding that special someone to share your life with, when you think about it. Both are incredibly important decisions, guaranteed to get your emotions and expectations running high, and it might feel like you have to go through hundreds of options before you find [...]
Your Facebook friends could be influencing you in ways you never realised. You've probably made a decision about which clothes to buy or which food to eat because of Facebook influence, but now a new study suggests that even the amount we're willing to pay for a house could be linked to what appears in [...]
With the topic of housing hotting up in the lead-up to the election and following the recent budget announcement, there's one question which continues to prove divisive: Is it better to buy or rent? The notion that you must get yourself on the property ladder in order to be considered a proper, successful grown-up is [...]
Given the choice of a tiny inner-city apartment or a spacious beachside family home at the same price, which would you choose? With city property prices continuing to rise, many buyers are looking further afield and finding they can get a lot more for their money. One such couple is Brad and Fleur Frost, who [...]
Selling a home is stressful at the best of times. You spend months finding a buyer, negotiating a price, completing all the checks and preparing contracts, and there's just one final step: the buyer needs to have their finance approved. You'd hope it's a done deal by this point – after all, the bank issued [...]
