Property

It's a modest shift, but it's one that's heading in the right direction.

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.

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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

Buyers ready, willing for Abeles

James Cockington The contents of a 'Mad Men' mansion once home to Sir Peter Abeles are being sold. Ashtrays are everywhere, as is leopard skin.

HOT STOCK

Mixed business helps PRG power on

Brian Han Diversified earnings base makes Programmed Maintenance a good bet as the economy improves.

INTELLIGENT INVESTOR

Be brave - dump the banks

Nathan Bell Forget the uniquely Australian notion that you need to own the banks. Banks aren't essential to a high-performing portfolio.

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS

Take the bull by the horns and reap the rewards

James Cockington Aberdeen Angus cattle are hot. Sale prices are up 16 per cent on last year, records for top steers are tumbling, and its all thanks to 'gourmet' burgers.

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS

Art hits its stride, but it's a silly walk for SMSFs

James Cockington The signs are that people are again buying at auctions. A Sotheby's sale of Australian art cleared more than $7.4 million. It's been a while since that has happened.

Real estate agents' tricks now open for inspection

Insider spills the beans on turns of phrase that are perhaps "in need of updating''.

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Super

Asset allocation critical to SMSF performance

Richard Livingston Sick of lacklustre managed super fund performance, you've taken the plunge and set up a self-managed super fund (SMSF). What's next?