HOUSING News & Analysis

The way home ownership relates to retirement income is rated a 'D', as in Distortion, Decumulation and Denial. For many, their home is their largest...

Australia’s top buyers agent lays down her strategy.

A new report suggests Australian housing is twice as expensive as that of the US and UK on a price-to-income basis. It also reveals that it’s...

Peter Dutton has made housing a key issue for the next election, pledging to “restore the Australian dream” of home ownership. It got me...

Is owning your home the only way to build wealth?

In the six months of my battle with brain cancer, one part of financial markets has fascinated me, and it’s probably not what you think. What's...

We’ve assumed that people will enter retirement owning their home outright. Given increases in home prices is this a reality anymore?

Buying a house offers stability and a sense of community. But are you buying for these reasons? Or could your money work harder in other ways? 

The second part of our series explores the benefits of paying off the entire mortgage and the impact of changes in home values and interest rates.

How does the benefit from extra mortgage payments compare to investing in the share market?