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In its last Board meeting for the year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) played nice and left the cash rate on hold at the historically low setting of 1.5%.  This not only marks the 16th consecutive month that rates have been left on hold, but it means the RBA made...

While Australia’s states and territories are able to raise billions of dollars from property taxes each year, diverging stamp duties, tax rates, thresholds, and exemptions lead to reduced administrative and economic efficiencies, according to the Australian Housing...

LocationScore, a property-research platform that interprets big data to analyse and score every suburb in Australia, has just released a list of Australia’s cheapest property markets with the best capital growth potential. The platform restricted its search to only...

Despite tightened lending conditions, the prospect of price bubbles, and pockets of oversupply, Australia’s property investors remain bullish about the long-term benefits of residential real estate, according to the Property Investment Professionals of Australia’s...

Despite growing concerns that the property market may see a downturn, a significant number of Australians said they were optimistic about the direction of property prices in their area in six months’ time. A recent National Property Seller Sentiment Survey, conducted...

Do you know the difference between a successful investor and one who fails before they even begin? Here's the trick: smart investors hope for the best but prepare for the worst. On the other hand, uneducated – or fly-by-night – investors buy any old property thinking...

According to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics(ABS), financing for first-time owner occupiers has rebounded significantly this year. In August 2017, there were 10,227 owner-occupier first-home buyer finance commitments – the most since December...

There was a slight improvement in housing affordability during the September quarter, though it remains at historically low levels, according to the latest data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA). The HIA’s Housing Affordability Index showed a small 0.5%...

Despite all the gains women have made in society and the workplace, they still generally earn less than men. Women are also more likely to retire with less superannuation than men. To make up for these shortfalls, many women are investing strategically in real estate....

The ratio of household debt to disposable income was recorded at 193.7% at the end of June, and now sits at a record-high, having increased by 2% over the quarter and by 3.9% over the year, according to the latest quarterly household finance data from the Reserve Bank...