FHA will back loans up to $1.249M in high-cost markets next year
Popular with first-time homebuyers, FHA loans have higher delinquency rates, and borrowers are more likely to end up underwater or in foreclosure when home prices fall.
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How Netflix, Disney and OpenAI are redefining control online
From Netflix’s Warner Bros takeover to Disney’s AI partnership with OpenAI, major platforms are signaling a shift away from growth at all costs and toward tighter control over distribution and access. As consolidation, regulation and automation reshape digital power, professionals who understand where leverage lives — and how quickly it can move — will be […]
1000s of Victorian landlords flee top suburbs over rental reforms
Three Melbourne municipalities have had active rental bonds decline by 1000 or more since 2017. Thousands of Melbourne landlords are walking away from some of the city’s most sought-after locations in response to government policies. Residential tenancy bond data shows that in the past year there are 10,274 fewer rental bonds active across the state. […]
NSW suburbs claim quarter of national ‘Hot 100’ list
NSW has secured a quarter of the nation’s Hot 100 suburbs – realestate.com.au’s expert-curated list of areas where home values are tipped to outperform in 2026, giving buyers and investors a clear head start for the new year. Built from PropTrack market data and economic analysis compiled by a panel of experts including agency heads, […]
Tassie’s AFL dream is here, but where will players live?
The AFL’s Tasmania Devils mascot Rum’un with one of Hobart’s most expensive homes, Otago Edge. Picture: Mercury and Peter Mathew Photography The stadium at Macquarie Point has its tick of approval. And the Tasmanian Devils will play in the VFL next season ahead of entering the AFL. But where will its players choose to live? […]
The shock suburban street fuelling a buyer waiting list
This property at 98 Mein St, Hendra, is on the market. Homes in this street are tightly-held and highly sought-after. It’s one of the only streets in Australia where freestanding homes sit directly on a major racecourse boundary. So, it’s little wonder Mein St in the Brisbane suburb of Hendra has a waiting list of […]
‘Malcolm’ film house sells for $3m in South Yarra
Filmmakers Nadia Tass and David Parker, with former Victorian deputy premier Jim Kennan. They have sold the South Yarra house where they made gadgets for the film Malcolm, such as cars that split in half. Left picture: Rob Baird. The South Yarra house where Australian filmmaking couple Nadia Tass and David Parker made the gadgets […]
Why invisible risk will define homebuilding’s 2026 reality
Builders often talk about “uncertainty” as if it were a temporary fog that had to clear eventually. Rates will decline, the Fed will pivot, pent-up demand will return, migration will pick up again, and the longstanding pattern of structural underbuilding will resume. The idea that the industry’s biggest risks come from the outside—and that the […]
Family stunned as deceased estate smashes reserve by $750k
A crowd of at least 50 people gathered for the auction of 25 Adelaide Ave in East Lindfield. Picture: Rohan Kelly A family selling a deceased estate on Sydney’s north shore were left stunned after the property sold for $750,000 more than expected in what has been a market losing momentum ahead of Christmas. The […]
Unite4Kids founders Ben and Kim Mead sell luxury Somerton Park home
An Adelaide couple who have raised more than $1m for seriously ill children are embarking on a new chapter, more than a decade after their daughter was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Ben and Kim Mead, who founded Unite4Kids after daughter Holly was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at the age of six, […]
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