Insights

If you’re getting ready to buy a home, plan ahead to keep your finances under control and avoid mortgage stress. What is mortgage stress? Mortgage

Over recent decades, many Australian families have relied on getting money from the “Bank of Mum and Dad” to help with home purchases. But our

For the best part of a century, Australian property investors have enjoyed a generous tax arrangement found in few other countries: the infamous “negative gearing”.

A softer market doesn’t necessarily mean it’s easier to buy property. It simply means different opportunities may exist for buyers who are prepared. Spring has

Australia’s housing downturn broadens The latest quarter marks a clear shift from a concentrated correction to a broad-based decline in housing values. Over the past

Understand how a mortgage offset account works, to decide whether it might be worth considering.  What is a mortgage offset account? A mortgage offset account

Following young Australians for a generation Recent research used 19 years of Australian data from the long-running Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA)

After years of rapid growth, Australia’s housing market is beginning to cool. Auction show that mortgage arrears remain low. Fewer than 1% of housing loans

Can tighter rules on short‑stay rentals help the long‑term market? There is a crisis of rental housing across Australia. Areas in major cities and regional Australia

The freedom of being mortgage-free is in sight. Fancy getting there even sooner? Why pay down your home loan faster You might wish to boost

Why pay down your home loan faster You might wish to boost your repayments now, so that you can enjoy the freedom of being mortgage-free.

Pros and cons of investing in property Property investment is often seen as being less risky than other forms of investment. However, while it may