Property
Mark Bouris
Confidence revival boosts property
Mark Bouris Economies come down to households having confidence to commit to property purchases.
Abandoning the banks for shares and property
Peter Martin and Gareth Hutchens Australians are ditching banks and ploughing their savings into real estate and shares.
Buying property abroad no holiday
It could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Certainly a lot of people think so as they take advantage of the high Australian dollar by picking up bargain properties in the US or Britain.
Property becalmed as financial storms rage
The fallout from overseas tempests mean values here aren't going anywhere fast, writes David Potts.
Property feels the global pinch
Philip Hopkins PROPERTY sentiment in Victoria has turned sour and is the second worst in the country.
Rental gains raise property hopes
Chris Zappone SLUMPING home prices and persistently poor housing affordability helped lift quarterly rent yields for the first time in nine months, raising hopes for an improved real estate market this year.
Property investing: cash towers over trusts
Carolyn Cummins The virtues of investing directly into property by asset acquisitions or indirectly through real estate investment trusts have been brought to the fore.
Deflating speculation on the property bubble
David Potts Home prices will halve over the next few years, says the only forecaster to have predicted both the record sharemarket run to 2007 as well as the subsequent GFC. And that was in 1993.
Gloomy property outlook
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon THE champagne tasted a little sweeter this Melbourne Cup, thanks to the Reserve Bank's line-ball decision to reduce interest rates.
Smart ways to climb the property ladder
Penny Pryor Project engineer Emma Challands would like to be in a position to retire before 40.
QUIRKY INVESTMENTS
Tell 'em they're dreaming
James Cockington After a post-GFC slump, the market for Indigenous art is poised to rebound. But there are still bargains to be had.
PROPERTY
Siren call of a sector on the rebound
John Collett The stunning returns of listed property are enticing - but be wary.
Time to bale out of the banks
Nathan Bell In this environment, look for stocks that should provide satisfactory returns over the long-term.
John Collett
Popping claims of a banking bubble
John Collett The ''great bank bubble of 2013'' should be taken about as seriously as the great Australian house price bubble before it.
A capital investment idea
David Potts Have the tenants pay off your mortgage and the capital gains will look after themselves.
No regrets
Larissa Ham Angie Deegan bought her first home eight years ago.
PROPERTY SPECIAL
Don't dive in until you've checked out the fine print
John Kavanagh From insurance and tax records to poorly run bodies corporate there are traps galore for would-be investors.
PROPERTY SPECIAL
Be smart before you buy
David Potts Property investors have rarely had it so good, even if it's at the expense of first home buyers.
QUIRKY INVESTMENTS
Just what the doctor ordered
James Cockington Finally, a golden opportunity to pick up that vintage operating table, adjustable and on wheels, that you've always wanted.
INTELLIGENT INVESTOR
Banish that monkey business
Nathan Bell Had your garden-variety primate randomly selected five stocks in March 2009, chances are it would now be sitting on huge capital gains, contemplating reinvesting them in bananas by the truckload.
