Property
How to successfully buy property as a single person
To the solo home buyer, the Australian dream feels like a two-player game. With the odds stacked against them, here's what a single buyer can do.
The most affordable tree change towns in Australia
As homes in capital cities become increasingly unaffordable, regional centres with median house prices under $500,000 are luring in tree-changers.
Green loans to make your home more energy efficient
Green loans aren't run-of-the-mill personal loans that can be used to fund cars or holidays. Instead, they are limited to home improvements like solar panels, water heating systems, insulation and double glazing.
Saving money: How to live with extended family without drama
Intergenerational living can save you money, but you need to plan for scenarios from divorce or ill health to jealous siblings or death.
Ask Paul: Should I buy an investment property or a home?
"Any advice on how I could get my foot into the property market as an investor?" Lucille asks Paul Clitheroe. "Or should I aim to purchase my own place as an owner-occupier?"
Housing policies: What are Labor and the Coalition proposing?
With less than three weeks until the 2025 federal election, both major parties have unveiled key housing policies. Here's what's on offer.
Why APRA’s 3% serviceability buffer is back in the news
The serviceability buffer requires banks to assess your ability to pay your mortgage if interest rates jump. So why does Peter Dutton want to change it?
Are ‘innovative’ prefab homes the answer to the housing crisis?
Pre-fab homes avoid the delays, high costs and frustrations of on-site construction, so what is the catch?
Read this before approaching the Bank of Mum and Dad
You've been saving up for a house deposit and it feels like you're getting nowhere. If you're fortunate, your parents might help you out. But you need to know the risks.
The cities where rents are soaring faster than property prices
New research reveals the markets where renters have experienced a much larger price hike, as a percentage, than landlords have seen in their mortgage costs.
