3+ day, 15+ min ago   (675+ words) Updated 11 Sep 2026, 4:32am First published 11 Sep 2026, 4:30am Brisbane’s clearance rates for the first week of spring dropped more than 40 per cent from the same time last year, thanks to fears of yet another interest rate hike. REA data put the city’s clearance…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (771+ words) Hope Coumbe, Finance Editor First published 4 Sep 2026, 5:07pm The surging costs of renting in Australia is adding to the nation’s domestic inflation problem and could be backing the Reserve Bank into a corner that will result in more rate rises. Assistant…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (593+ words) Updated 1 Sep 2026, 1:52pm First published 1 Sep 2026, 4:48pm Housing credit growth. Source: ANZ In a major blow to big banks, new mortgage application growth is coming to a screeching halt, with the big four now seeing numbers collapse by double digits as investors…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (784+ words) Updated 29 Aug 2026, 12:02pm First published 29 Aug 2026, 12:00pm Renter and mother Kristie Hoskins wants the law to change to make it easier for renters to apply for a home loan. A Victorian mother, who was left shocked after a bank employee told her…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (968+ words) Updated 24 Aug 2026, 4:01am First published 24 Aug 2026, 4:00am A Sydney tradie who’d never worn jewellery has cracked an unlikely path into the property market, using a weekend side hustle welding bracelets to help buy his first investment property. Ronan Galab, 26, works in his…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (566+ words) Updated 22 Aug 2026, 5:03am First published 22 Aug 2026, 5:00am Labor tax reforms have launched a mass investor exodus from the housing market while squeezing the few remaining landlord buyers into areas where they’re in direct conflict with first-home buyers. Experts explained a turf war…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (793+ words) Updated 20 Aug 2026, 5:07am First published 20 Aug 2026, 5:00am It’s a thought we’ve all had – you look around at the fancy cars and glitzy holidays people around you are enjoying and wonder: how can they afford it in this economy? Turns out they are…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (707+ words) First published 19 Aug 2026, 9:57am Home prices may need to fall as much as 27 per cent even if rents surge another 20 per cent for some investments to become self-funding under the new negative gearing rules. And if property prices hold steady, tenants…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1039+ words) Updated 18 Aug 2026, 1:48pm First published 18 Aug 2026, 1:43pm New builds were largely boosted by foreign investment during the 2010s. ANALYSIS by Tim Graham We keep taxing the capital we need to build the homes we don’t have. For much of my career, I had…...