Investment Property
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.
BLOOMING
Japaneasing is just the start
Barbara Drury Japan's muscular new approach to monetary policy has breathed new life into its moribund sharemarket.
Hot Stock
Popular junior Telco plans even more acquisitions
Hot Stock M2 Telecommunications boasts a strong double-digit EPS growth outlook, is financially sound and generates significant free cash flows.
Mark Bouris
Soar on the upsurge of a windfall
Mark Bouris I'm used to hearing ''I don't have enough money'', but what about the people who do?
PROPERTY
Investors scramble as rental crisis bites
From Sydney's inner suburbs to the mining towns of Western Australia, investors are scrambling to take advantage of a growing rental crisis and the lowest mortgage costs in years.
INTELLIGENT INVESTOR
Lowy family signs up to doubter list
Nathan Bell When the smart money sells down, why wouldn't you follow suit? That's a question shareholders in Westfield Retail Trust are asking themselves.
Returns of the decade
Residential real estate is a much-loved investment and everyone seems to know someone who has doubled their money playing property.
Insight: holiday homes
Clancy Yeates About this time of year, many people are tempted by the lure of a holiday home.
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.
Annual report health check
Nathan Bell Long, boring, self-serving. That's the sentiment most investors profess towards annual reports. No wonder most end up in the bin. And that's where some belong, but not prematurely.
Areas of affordability
The properties may be in need of some loving care and some way from the centre of town, but there are houses and units in Sydney and Melbourne where it is cheaper to buy than to rent.
Hot stock: David Jones
Greg Fraser Someone ought to tell David Jones and Myer that the internet became a commercially viable tool in the 1980s.
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.
Murky dangers in dark pools
Richard Livingston Imagine you're doing the grocery shopping. A glance at your Woolies iPhone app suggests you're out of Weet-Bix, priced at $5.49 a box. So you wander over to the cereal aisle to grab one.
Turnaround rebuilds trust
John Kavanagh The listed property trust sector was a surprise standout performer during the 2011-12 financial year.
Home help has strings attached
Most young people struggle to buy their first home. It has never been easy but over the past decade, the big increase in property values has made it particularly hard.
