Yesterday
Tenerife waiters forced to live in tents amid tourist-driven property boom
Low-paid service workers who are vital to the tourism industry are being squeezed out of the market because of the boom in holiday rentals.
- James Badcock
- Opinion
- Opinion
Where to profit from Brisbane’s Olympic property boom
How to work out where to invest so that your gains hold for the long term.
- Jarrod McCabe
This Month
The city that is still relatively affordable to buy a house
Rapid house price increases in the past year has sparked a sharp decline in the proportion of affordable house markets across Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.
- Nila Sweeney
Downsizers pay $130,000 above reserve for villa as auctions slow
SQM research director Louis Christopher said the low auction volumes indicated housing prices could to dip up to 4 per cent during the second half of this year.
- Campbell Kwan
Why this segment of the housing market is struggling
Despite the overall increase in Sydney’s home values, pockets of weakness are emerging in higher-end markets and starting to spread.
- Nila Sweeney
House price growth to ease under 5pc as affordability bites
Some of the heat is finally coming out of the market’s remarkable rebound as the burden of servicing mortgages weighs more heavily on prospective buyers.
- Nick Lenaghan
Now is the time to buy commercial property, says this veteran analyst
Veteran real estate research analyst Sameer Chopra says population growth and the high cost of construction will lead to property values surging.
- Larry Schlesinger
Home loan size hits record $626,055 as Perth, Brisbane power up
Owner-occupiers are, on average, taking out larger loans than ever before despite the fact the cash rate is sitting at a 12-year-high.
- Nick Lenaghan
Winter chill, school holidays cut auction volumes
Buyers and sellers are cautious about the interest-rate outlook, but are still willing to pay strong prices for good homes – when they can find them.
- Michael Bleby
ACCC gives Lendlease, Stockland two-month ultimatum over $1.3b deal
The competition watchdog has further delayed a decision on the two property giants’ transaction over a 12-community portfolio of assets.
- Michael Bleby
Rents in Sydney, Melbourne are starting to come down
New figures show asking rents plateauing or even falling in some markets after several years of sustained increase.
- Michael Bleby
Nearly 3000 building companies go broke in a year
The construction sector remains by far the single largest category of insolvency as builders carry the ‘largest risk’.
- Larry Schlesinger
Russia ends housing mortgage subsidy that stoked a property boom
With state support ending for most eligible groups, the real estate market that’s been one of the key drivers of Russia’s wartime economy faces uncertainty.
- Chris Miller
Sydney home prices jumped 6pc, but one city achieved quadruple that
Residential property owners bagged the capital gains in the past 12 months despite higher interest rates.
- Nila Sweeney
June
Property buyers spooked by talk of another rate rise
Fewer home buyers are willing to pay above the auction reserve and more buyers are pulling out on fears of another increase in interest rates.
- Nila Sweeney
When bank of mum and dad comes with interest
Retirees are increasingly expected to live with, care for and financially support older and younger family members. Here’s your guide to avoiding strife when it comes to wills, means testing and elder abuse.
- Duncan Hughes
Home prices tipped to defy rising rates
The prospect of another rate rise is not enough to spark a decline in home values, but could mean prices increase more slowly.
- Nila Sweeney
Why this family is swapping a six-bedroom house for apartments
Lexi Dodd and her family are moving into apartments ahead of a new chapter, where being closer to cafés and restaurants is more important than space for kids.
- Campbell Kwan
The suburbs where sellers are amassing $1m+ profits
Houses delivered nearly three times as much profits as units, and vendors in some Sydney and Melbourne suburbs raked in more than $1million median gains.
- Nila Sweeney
Housing not so ‘impossibly unaffordable’ after all
A recent global ranking of housing affordability only considered detached house prices in Australia. When including apartments, the picture changes. A lot.
- Michael Bleby
