First homebuyers are back with good buys around $600,000
AS PRICE gains ease in most capitals and incentives for first homeowners take hold, younger buyers are finally gaining confidence. It also helps that investors have been dropping out of the
How to make the most money selling your house via auction
GOING, going — this year’s coveted Block properties are almost gone. And with auction day fast approaching, we asked the country’s top auctioneers the art of their craft — and
More than 80 per cent of us won’t be retiring comfortably
ONLY 19 per cent of us will retire comfortably and Gen X Aussies will have to save up to $4 million dollars to enjoy their golden years, according to new
Why you should consider buying an older unit
I IMAGINED my first property would be a spacious apartment overlooking a park, like those swanky New York lofts in the movies. Of course, the harsh reality of buying in most
Halloween special
Oh, Fall! That beautiful time of the year when leaves turn the pavement in all shades of brown, orange and yellow. The streets in our lovely Barcelona smell like roasted
China’s trillion-dollar plan for world domination splits pollies
AS Donald Trump whips the world into a frenzy with his tweets, China is plotting a trillion-dollar global trade revamp which could change everything. It’s being dubbed the “New Silk Road”
How Australia escaped the global financial crises of the last 25 years
THERE’S more to Australia than good weather and a famous laid-back lifestyle — we’ve now powered through 25 years without tasting economic recession. The quarter of a century milestone means Australia
Reasons Why Home Owners Sell
American home owners sell and move, on average, every five to seven years. Why do home owners move? People who have lived in the same home for the past 30