Downsizing dilemma: no spare cash for super
A government proposal to let downsizers to top up their super with sale profits sounds good but often there's no spare change.
Renters set to bust super, pension systems
The pension system needs a dramatic overhaul to avoid a budget blowout in coming decades if rising property prices permanently trap would-be homebuyers in the rental market.
Inner Sydney rental vacancy rate rise
Tighter vacancy rate in middle, outer suburbs reveals need to boost density outside the inner city.
Why high house prices will hurt retirees
Record household debt and the most expensive house prices in history mean Aussie families will enter their twilight years with more debt than ever, and their super may be woefully inadequate.
Greaton buys Lindfield sites for townhouse project
Adelaide-based developer Greaton is dabbling in townhouses.
The generational property divide grows
Most people in their mid twenties are wondering how they can ever afford to move from being renters to buyers. Or whether they should just d...
NAB slashes housing growth forecasts
NAB has cut its growth forecasts for both houses and units this year on the back of sharply deteriorating sentiment about the property marke...
Sydney unit sales slow: Triguboff
"There is a limit to how many tricks we can do," Harry Triguboff says.
Property investment at tipping point
Two RBA rate rises is all it would take for property investors to quit the Sydney market, according to research firm Riskwise.
Property price growth to halve
Property insiders predict real estate growth will halve in the next year as more evidence emerges of a cooling market.
