Family money now helps a large share of first-home buyers into the market through gifts, guarantor loans and more. Here is how each works, and what it costs.
You can read every property book ever written, but the people around you will quietly decide what you believe is possible. Here's how your circle shapes your money, and how to shape it back.
Every experienced investor was once a first-timer staring down a decision that felt too big. Why the difficulty of the first property is not a warning sign, but the very thing that changes everything after it.
Rent bidding is banned nationwide, but only three jurisdictions stop landlords accepting a higher offer. In the other five, tenants can still bid up and win.
Help to Buy is now open in every state and territory. Here is how the 2% deposit scheme works, who qualifies, the catches that trip people up, and how it stacks up against the 5% scheme.
The gap between people who buy an investment property and people who keep meaning to isn't money. It's identity. Here's how to start closing it this week.
Agents now use AI to score buyers before they reach the door. In January 2026 the privacy watchdog launched its first sweep of how that data is collected.
