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If you had $1 million to spend on property investment in Australia today, where would you invest it? What location would you buy in, and why? And what about if you only have $500,000 to invest? Where is the best place to buy an investment for this budget? What are the top 10 hotspots now…
Capital City home auction markets produced predictably mixed results over the AFL Grand Final Week with low auction numbers in Melbourne, fewer auctions in Brisbane and Adelaide but a rise in auctions in Sydney and Canberra ahead of the NRL Grand Final. Weekly Auction Results to Saturday, September 26th 2026 Capital City This Week Last…
For the last 20 years, one of the defining stories of Australian housing has been the rise of the apartment. Look at the skylines of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and you can see the evidence everywhere. Cranes filled our CBDs, high-rise towers appeared around transport hubs and former industrial precincts were transformed into dense residential…
Borrowers are set for another dose of rate pain this Tuesday, with the overwhelming majority of experts tipping the RBA to lift the cash rate again, according to Finder. In this month’s Finder RBA Cash Rate Survey™, 41 experts and economists weighed in on future cash rate moves and other issues relating to the state…
If you want to build wealth for your family, it helps to start with a plan rather than the property listings. It’s very easy to get distracted by all the headlines right now. Inflation is proving stubborn, interest rates remain a pressure point, and the federal government is facing growing scrutiny over its policies and…
There is an old newsroom saying: if it bleeds, it leads. And of late, housing increasingly seems to qualify. The Weekend Australian has weighed into the Gold Coast housing market, reporting prices as “falling at a rate of knots” and discussing the prospect of substantially lower values. The underlying evidence includes asking-price data showing Gold…
Many property investors don’t fail because they bought a bad property. They fail because they weren’t prepared for the discomfort that comes with holding a good one. At some stage every investor is tested. It may be a rising interest rate, an unexpected repair bill, a difficult tenant, a vacancy, a finance knockback, or a…
If you’ve ever spent weeks inspecting a Melbourne property, paid for building and legal checks, and turned up to auction only to discover the seller wanted far more than the advertised price, you’ll understand why Victoria’s new rules have attracted attention. From October, buyers at all Victorian auctions will know the seller’s reserve price at…
Property investors who owned assets before Budget night will continue to benefit from negative gearing. Therefore, most will be reluctant to sell, because if they subsequently reinvest in an established property, they will lose immediate access to those tax benefits. However, given the Melbourne property market’s significant underperformance over the past decade, investors are naturally…
Australia’s changes to negative gearing have been promoted as a way to give first-home buyers a better chance against investors. While some aspiring homeowners will benefit from less investor competition for established properties, particularly apartments and more affordable homes, the policy is being introduced into a rental market that is already seriously undersupplied, and that…
