Selling up in Melbourne to be mortgage free in Geelong
With growing numbers of buyers opting for the regional town of Geelong over Melbourne, we take a look at which Geelong suburbs have seen their prices grow the most strongly.
The REIWA is proposing the WA state government reintroduce a $3,000 first-home owners grant for purchases of established homes, says Hayden Groves, president of the REIWA.
Have your say: draft superannuation laws to tackle housing affordability pressures
The superannuation measures announced in the 2017 Federal Budget aimed at alleviating housing affordability pressures have been put into draft legislation, and are now available for review and comment on the Treasury web site.
What can you buy around the country for the $797,000 median price of a Sydney apartment?
In Hobart, you can buy a five-bedroom house close to the city and with water views for around the same price as a one-bedroom apartment in inner-city Sydney.
Agents are seeing vendors selling around the $650,000 and $800,000 price points asking to list their homes for slightly more, given that first home buyers will soon have more to spend, says Douglas Driscoll, CEO of Starr Partners.
First-home buyers from the eastern states should consider an investment property in Perth, says Paul Curran, principal of Raine & Horne Rockingham Beach.
NSW expected to increase charges for foreign investors, help first-home buyers
With recent data showing that one in every 10 buyers in NSW is from overseas, the state government is expected to double the foreign investor surcharge, raising funds to help first-home buyers.
Young Melbourne buyer turns 'property hound' to keep dream alive
Samantha McCarthy of hockingstuart Werribee says she can hear the stress in people's voices as they inspect properties they fear may have drifted out of their price range.