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Getting Started
How to save a deposit for your first home
The hardest part of buying your first property is saving the deposit.
Does paying off your mortgage early make sense?
We ask a financial planner, a consumer and a lender what they think, and this is what they say.
More than two thirds of Australian parents worry their children won’t buy a house, survey finds
Most Australian parents fear for their children’s capacity to buy a property in the future – above their ability to save money, afford university tuition and support their family of their own, a new study shows.
The best suburbs for millennials to buy property, according to new report
Choosing a suburb is not just about finding the postcode with the highest ratio of trendy cafes.
For years, I looked for a relationship that felt like home. Then I bought a house.
Throughout my 20s, when I was in a bad place emotionally, I often blamed it on being in the wrong place physically.
Young Australians rent to friends to afford mortgage
With high property prices in the major cities, young professionals are discovering that one way to afford the mortgage is to become a landlord and rent to friends.
Seachangers and treechangers: Do they ever come back?
“I want to live in a place that’s beautiful!” you cry. “There’s too much traffic, gentrification and too many people. I deserve more than grey concrete and my dog deserves more than a postage-stamp piece of grass masquerading as a “park”!”
How young is too young to buy property?
From the age of 12, Bianca Field knew she wanted to start climbing the property ladder.
How buying with friends can get you on the property ladder
Priced out of the real estate market but desperate to buy? More and more people are using this strategy to help them buy a home or an investment property.