Co-own your home with strangers
Soaring house prices and the desperation of first home buyers to get into the market is leading to ever-more creative arrangements to get the deposit down.
Su-Lin Tan, Reporter
Su-Lin Tan is based in Sydney and writes on real estate, Asian business, emerging markets, foreign capital and news.
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