Treasurer Joe Hockey says Australia needs to make the super system more flexible, so flexible in fact that we should be able to spend a portion of our super in our youth as a deposit to buy a home. Louis Christopher reports on real estate property bubble alert following Hockey Thought Bubble. ...
Peter Sarmas comments on Joe Hockey’s proposal to allow first home buyers to access their superannuation to buy and get into the real estate market and he reports on why you need an asset which has kept up with inflation if you are hoping for a tree change, to go into a retirement village, aged or high care facility. ...
Why are some suburbs easier to buy in Melbourne compared to others? Find out the difference between the cost of living in 1984 and 2014 and where the top 10 Australian coastal areas are set to surge. Do you want to buy the narrowest house in the world? It's up for sale. ...
Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics reports the hot Sydney property market is distorting the national real estate property picture. The monthly lift in property prices was 1.3% in Sydney, compared with a combined capital city change of 0.2%. It should sound a warning, if the London market is anything to go by. ...
Melbourne property auctions recorded a clearance rate of 71 per cent this weekend. The market will gather momentum from next week onwards before delivering two super Saturday weekends in the next fortnight – with 1,173 auctions scheduled for next weekend and 1,265 on the following weekend. ...
Real estate house prices are rising at a faster pace in inner city areas. As a result the difference between inner and outer capital city prices grows ever wider, thus disproportionately benefiting homeowners and property investors who own real estate in the inner city suburbs. Read the full report from Pete Wargent which looks into the findings of the RBA's detailed research. ...