Posts tagged "real estate"

Women are likely to become wealthier over the next five years from owning more Australian property — but don’t expect this to help close the gender pay gap.

There are plenty of mistakes that novice property investors make. However, there are three property investing mistakes that are more tricky to overcome.

By Louise Grimmer, University of Tasmania and Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology

If you think your local supermarket is s…

One of the most difficult things about being from the future* is that most people think I’m crazy until what I predict actually happens, at …

Airbnb continues to run the board when it comes to short-term holiday rentals. But should landlords leasing properties longterm consider making the switch? Michael Yardney weighs the pros and cons.

Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board reported this week that foreign residential real estate approvals dropped significantly in the 2016-17 period.

We’re clearly in the next stage of the property cycle, one of moderate growth in some regions and virtually no growth in others. Australia’s property markets are very fragmented, driven by local factors including jobs growth, population growth, consumer confidence and supply and demand. 

A lot has been made of the federal government's 10-year national infrastructure plan announced last week in the 2018 budget. And as usual the hot spotters have been out saying chase the infrastructure spending and you'll find the next property growth area.

Athena, a cloud-based digital home-loan startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding ahead of its launch next month, and co-founder Nathan Walsh says it couldn’t have got to this point without its crack team.

most houses sell for the fair market value – the price a willing buyer will pay, and a keen seller will accept, given that neither the buyer or seller is under pressure to close the deal.

The first lesson of property investment is to become financially fluent, says Michael Yardney.

As our cities grow, proximity to public transport is going to become more and more important in determining property price growth.