In a market where many investor-grade properties are sliding in value,buyers who hope for a bargain risk paying more in the long term.
High interest rates and rising prices have pushed key measures of housing affordability to their worst levels on record,and experts say rate cuts won’t help.
Would-be home buyers have been hit by a lose-lose situation since interest rates began to rise and future cuts may not act as previously expected.
With the dream of owning a home slipping further from many buyers’ grasp,our interactive calculator shows how much you would need to borrow to get a foot on the property ladder in your suburb.
High interest rates,a listings bonanza and investors bailing out have pushed prices lower,giving first home buyers some hope.
Exclusive analysis shows how unreachable Sydney’s property market has become for first-home buyers – and it’s even worse than you think.
Rules governing mortgages are coming under fire by some groups who believe they are harming first time buyers. One idea says a change could help 50,000 people.
Prospective home buyers’ pessimism about whether the current moment is a good time to buy has dropped to its lowest level since the start of 2023. But are they right?
Interest rates are putting pressure on home borrowers,but some are feeling the pinch more deeply and have fewer options to manage.
Australia’s most affordable sea-change towns have just been revealed in new data that compares property prices with incomes.
The Greens say Anthony Albanese is being a “bulldozer” like former PM Scott Morrison as Labor seeks to stare down the minor party over blocking reforms.