Property investment
‘Final piece of the puzzle’: Why are property investors biding their time?
It is cheaper to buy property, quicker to find a tenant and easier to get higher rents. So, why are property investors waiting?
- by Tawar Razaghi
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Phone data, water bills sink Perth property players’ bid to dodge $141k tax bill
Two Perth brothers with a multimillion-dollar property portfolio have failed to convince a tribunal they were living under the same roof, but not bathing or eating there.
- by Jesinta Burton
Analysis
Analysis
First-time buyers could owe more than their house is worth
Recent first-home buyers risk being in ‘negative equity’, where the value of the property is worth less than they owe.
- by John Collett
Nearly half of WA’s MPs own more than one property – and some have six
A WAtoday analysis of MP property interest declarations reveals 16 upper and lower house politicians owned three or more properties.
- by Hamish Hastie
Red Cross North Melbourne HQ goes on the market
ARC purchased the property from NCR Australia for $7.1 million in 2001. Two decades later, it is expected to fetch about $60 million.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Tenants’ rights: What are your options when landlords raise your rent?
On this week’s episode of It All Adds Up we cover what options you have as a renter when your landlord comes knocking with a rental increase.
- by Jessica Irvine and Dominic Powell
1000 complaints: WA building watchdog inundated with claims of dodgy work
Questionable building work and eye-watering price variations on new home contracts are behind hundreds of complaints lodged so far this year with WA’s building watchdog.
- by Sarah Brookes
‘No quick fix’: Perth rental listings plunge to historic low
Strong demand and lack of supply has resulted in the tightest rental market in Perth’s history.
- by Sarah Brookes
‘I had three negatively geared properties, then I lost my job’
Jane Turner, 60, was made redundant from a secure well-paid job eight years ago, which meant her financial deck of cards quickly came tumbling down.
- by Nina Hendy
Exclusive
Affordable housing
Qld scheme to ease housing squeeze falls victim to rental shortage itself
Under the $40m bid to boost social housing by 1000 rentals, owners were urged to lease vacant properties to the government. So far, only 19 have been secured.
- by Matt Dennien
Why interest rate hikes are ‘highly unlikely’ to rein in Perth house prices
Property slump? Not here. House prices are proving resilient out west with a slew of suburbs rising in value over October.
- by Sarah Brookes