First home buyers have been drifting out of the market, while investors have been piling in, according to the most recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.   June […]

Keen to get your hands on a tax refund? Well, the Australian Taxation Office has revealed the number one problem that slows down the process.   ATO assistant commissioner Tim […]

This is a great time to be a property investor, with tenants being forced to fight hard for rental properties, according to new data from SQM Research.   The vacancy […]

New analysis from CoreLogic has found that buying a property is cheaper than renting for 36.3% of homes across Australia.   This is an improvement on the last time this […]

As many parts of Australia have returned to lockdown over the past few weeks, lenders have offered home loan relief to borrowers who may have been affected. Some borrowers may […]

From July 1, the federal government will release a total of 30,000 openings in three different assistance programs aimed at first home buyers and single parents.   At the same […]

The total value of residential dwellings in Australia has surpassed $8 trillion for the first time, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. During the March quarter, […]

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has reminded banks they need to continue rigorously assessing home loan applications. “It is important that lending standards remain sound in an environment of low […]

Borrowers who stick with the same lender year after year are probably being slugged with a ‘loyalty tax’, according to new data from CoreLogic. Owner-occupiers who took out new variable […]

With more Australians now working from home, taxpayers have been warned not to “copy and paste” expense claims from previous years that would no longer apply.   The Australian Taxation […]