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The year is 2007. The first iPhone has just been released, along with Paris Hilton after 23 days in prison. APEC security have failed to distinguish the difference between real world leaders and The Chaser boys dressed up as Bin Laden. And after a long campaign, Kevin Rudd and deputy leader Julia Gillard have won...

Housing affordability was one of the key battlegrounds of the federal election with both major parties proposing radical policies in an attempt to woo voters. Now that Anthony Albanese has been officially sworn in as Australia’s new Prime Minister, let’s take a look at what housing policies Labor has promised the electorate. Help to Buy...

It’s getting a little chilly and we’re not just talking about the weather. For the third straight month, Sydney home prices have fallen and home lending eased, signalling that our once piping hot property market is beginning to cool. It’s a similar story across Australia, except for one capital city to our north that appears...

Can you buy a sandwich? That reads like a rhetorical question, but it’s not. As with buying property, buying a BLT with bitcoin is, in theory, possible. But in practice, your options are extremely limited. And if you’re starving, forgedaboutit. Back in 2019, the first widely reported crypto-for-food sale took place. Incredibly, the pantry item...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has increased the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 0.35% amid high inflation concerns and has signalled more cash rate increases will likely follow. This is the first RBA cash rate hike since November 2010, and the first time the cash rate has moved since it was...

The chances of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifting the official cash rate on Tuesday just increased dramatically after figures showed the cost of living jumped 5.1% over the past year – the highest annual increase in more than 20 years. The unexpectedly high jump in inflation means a May rate hike is now...

It’s a question agents, buyers, and sellers alike are beginning to ponder as they emerge from what has inarguably been the absolute wildest of times. The most recent figures show that unlike Virgin Australia, the regional market still refuses to cool its jets—with demand growing to the extent that local tenants are being priced out...

Less than six months ago, a two-bedroom apartment in Coogee sold for a record-breaking $3.2M. But back in 1909, things were a bit different. Incredible vintage auctions posters provide a window into the world of Sydney real estate over 100 years ago, with swathes of seaside land going under the hammer for next to nothing....

As the dust begins to settle on a turbulent two years, we’ve finally got the data to confirm what we already suspected. The property market went absolutely bonkers during what shall now be known as TCE (The COVID Era). How bonkers? 142% bonkers, to be exact. According to REA Group’s research team PropTrack, since the...