Policy and Law

First-home buyers can get help to buy an entry-level home, but only up to a certain price cap - and it’s easier to use in some neighbourhoods than others.

There’s extra help to save a home deposit or to get into the market with a low deposit, but a big spending recovery Budget offered a chance to do more.

The take-up of HomeBuilder grants was four times more than what the government expected, but budget papers lay bare the challenge that lies ahead.

The government will go guarantor on more loans for first-home buyers and single parents, and will let buyers save more through their superannuation. But who is being left behind?

A landmark Queensland mansion that fell from housing Brisbane’s elite to harbouring squatters has hit the market for the first time in its 120-year history – sparking waves of controversy and buyer excitement.

Despite claims of a government crackdown amid the hot Sydney property market, not a single agent has copped the full punishment for the dodgy practice.

House prices in Hobart rose an extraordinary 15.9 per cent last year. Launceston is up 23 per cent. Experts now say the Apple Isle has an out-of-control housing situation – at what point will prices stop rising?

After more than 10 years of struggles, battles, angst and court cases over the future of the historic Waverley Bowling Club in Sydney’s east, the bowling green didn’t give up the fight easily.

Perth tenants are facing the highest asking rents in almost six years, with the city recording the biggest annual price jump of all the Australian capitals, new data has revealed.

There's a critical shortage of homes residents of Australia's priciest city can afford to live in if they're not on a high income, and experts worry time is running out.