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RBA delivers final rate call for 2023

After much anticipation, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has finally revealed whether this year will close with a cash rate hike or hold.

FINANCE • Tue, 05 Dec 2023

Australia’s best hotspots for cash flow without compromise

Want a property that delivers both cash flow and capital growth? These are the country’s top locations.

HOTSPOTS • Mon, 04 Dec 2023

Scam tradies on the rise in NSW

Con artists posing as tradespeople are “active in NSW right now”, the state’s Fair Trading has warned.

TAX & LEGAL • Sun, 03 Dec 2023

The 5 Aussie markets being crushed by low supply

Soaring populations, plummeting listings and double-digit rent growth – these five neighbourhoods are feeling the crunch.

INVESTOR STRATEGY • Sun, 03 Dec 2023

Queensland buyers in ‘catch-22’

Booming prices in Queensland’s short-supply market are tempting many property owners to sell up – but vendors fear they will be unable to buy back.

INVESTOR STRATEGY • Sun, 03 Dec 2023

Is the housing market fizzling out?

Heat fades out of Australia’s housing market, as the nation’s combined capitals record the slowest home value growth since February.

INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 30 Nov 2023

No ‘silver bullet’ for housing found in Victorian parliamentary inquiry

A parliamentary inquiry into Victoria’s rental and housing affordability crisis delivered mixed opinions on stamp duty, vacant land tax and social housing strategies.

TAX & LEGAL • Thu, 30 Nov 2023

The 5 factors set to transform the property market in 2024

Affordability, rate cuts and densification are just some of the changes set to sweep Australia’s housing market in 2024, according to Domain.

INVESTOR STRATEGY • Wed, 29 Nov 2023

ACT launches a new planning system

Canberra has introduced a new Planning Act for the first time in 15 years, in what the government has described as “a once in a generation change”.

TAX & LEGAL • Wed, 29 Nov 2023