Your personal inflation rate may be much higher than CPI. Housing, energy, mortgage and rental costs affect households very differently. Small differences compound into big costs. Housing-related ...

Labor has retreated from one of the most contentious parts of its 2026 federal budget tax package, although Australians who ...

Something interesting is happening in Australia’s property market, with auction clearance rates only telling part of the story. Auctions work best when several motivated buyers compete for the same ...

Capital city home rental vacancy rates generally tightened over August with most remaining at historically low levels.

More sellers are moving away from auctions. Private treaty sales are becoming increasingly common as buyer competition eases. Auction-to-private-treaty conversions have surged. More than half of ...

Australia’s economy expanded by 0.4% in the June quarter, with spending growth driven by record sales of imported electric ...

Buffett’s approach was always about buying businesses—not just stocks—with strong fundamentals, predictable returns, and long-term value. The same principle applies to property: don’t treat it like a ...

Across Australia, thousands of people are waiting to find out if their homes will be built, after several separate construction company collapses. By far the biggest of those recent collapses has been ...

Australia has changed enormously since 1981. We are larger, older, more multicultural, better educated and healthier. The way Australians work has transformed. Manufacturing has declined while ...

A will is only one part of wealth transfer planning. Property, superannuation, trusts and businesses can all require separate succession strategies. Australia’s great wealth transfer is already ...

July 1 is the start of a new financial year. It also marks the end of the National Rental Affordability Scheme, which once provided more than 35,000 affordable rental homes across the country. The ...