7+ hour, 27+ min ago   (170+ words) 14 Sep 2026 | 08:45 | Melbourne | by Layton Holley Fund managers and analysts say reporting season was solid but higher interest rates are weighing on prices Home-equity lenders jump on EU, UK risk-retention bandwagon Nomura in talks to sell £100m West End block Ex-Activum UK…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago   (512+ words) Monday, 14 September 2026 Higher clearance rates might sound like good news for the property market, but with the RBA still on the front foot on rates and one economist tipping a 16% peak-to-trough slide for Sydney, the pain for sellers may be…...

11+ hour, 18+ min ago   (776+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am In one Brisbane suburb, the top 1 per cent of income earners take home more than $2.3 million a year on average, while half-a-dozen other riverside neighbourhoods bring in more than $1.5 million. But how wealth is distributed across Brisbane is changing…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (347+ words) According to Cotality’s daily dwelling values index, home values across the five major capital city markets have declined by 5.2% from their 10 April 2026 peak. The biggest decline in 40 years of records, according to Cotality, was 8.6%, recorded between October 2017 and May 2019. At…...

18+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1114+ words) Spring auctions tick higher, but Australia's housing market is still cooling Briefs Finance Free Live Investors Workshop The dollar is losing value. Here’s how investors can still profit. Spring auctions tick higher, but Australia's housing market is still cooling - Nearly…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (489+ words) Labor is in a curious position: it has a policy that works, but it cannot say so. Treasurer Jim Chalmers should be able to say: yes, house prices are coming down slightly; they need to. That is the point of…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1041+ words) First-home buyers have had a rough ride in this country for a long time – but National’s policy to raise home ownership levels still had me shouting “sorry, what?!” at the news. The party proposes to raise the income cap for…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (400+ words) A new Pew Charitable Trusts study finds the average credit score for new mortgage borrowers hit a record 742 in 2024, even as households take on more debt than ever. The result is a mortgage market that only says yes to near…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (693+ words) Earning Rs 1 lakh per month can make homeownership look within reach, but the size of the salary alone does not determine whether you can comfortably afford a home loan. Existing expenses, EMIs, investments, emergency savings, down payment and future financial…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (272+ words) National has announced it will scrap the current First Home Loan income limits and replace them with a single $300,000 cap for every applicant, whether single, coupled or buying in a group. The existing thresholds, $95,000 for a single person and $150,000 for…...