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Falling house prices quickly dampen the appetite to spend.

Only quickest first home buyers to benefit from expanded 5 per cent deposit scheme

The scheme, which has been brought forward by three months, is likely to drive up house prices.

  • Millie Muroi and Shane Wright

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Property is an expensive asset to get in and out of – there are a lot of added costs to buy, and to sell.

Is buying a home really better than renting?

Ask yourself these questions before you jump into homeownership.

  • Paridhi Jain
Late repayments – an indicator of borrower stress – remain lower than pre-COVID levels.

The big banks are making billions and there’s good news for households

Major bank profit results are always a big deal for investors, but recent updates also point to how the financial landscape is changing for borrowers.

  • Clancy Yeates
Emily Power has turned her back on conventional life to tour Australia in a van.

I used to write about property for a living. Now I have no fixed address

Owning a home once meant everything, but now I love life on the road.

  • Emily Power
Try redeploying that $50,000 cash as a property deposit.

The red flags to look out for when buying your first home

Many first-time buyers tend to get emotional and make impulsive decisions.

  • Abdullah Nouh
Stamp duty discourages some home owners from moving for job opportunities because the costs buying and selling a property are so large, Domain says.

How the stamp duty burden near-tripled in a generation

Stamp duty has risen faster than incomes over the past two and a half decades, slugging current home buyers with extra costs compared to a generation ago.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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My partner and I are separating. Should I keep renting or try to buy a property?

Owning your home certainly provides greater peace of mind.

  • Paul Benson
Christine Clark, a 56-year-old single mother, cannot afford to buy a house that suits her life following her divorce.

Christine owned a home. Then she separated and can’t buy back in. She’s not alone

The 56-year-old can’t rent-vest, her ex couldn’t buy her out and buying a family home is no longer an option.

  • Caroline Zielinski
REA says a note reminding agents that their pricing arrangements are confidential has nothing to do with an ACCC investigation into how the real estate listings giant sets prices.

Why people who borrowed $1 million-plus are more likely to fall behind

Home owners who took out supersized mortgages are now falling into arrears at a greater rate than those with smaller loans.

  • Alice Uribe
Michele Bullock

Mortgage calculator: how much will this rate cut lower your repayments?

The Reserve Bank has cut the official interest rate for the third time this year.