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How long does it take to save for a down payment in 2025?
Even though down payments remain an obstacle to prospective homebuyers across the country, affordability conditions have improved significantly in the past three years. That’s the key takeaway from a Realtor.com report released Monday. The company found that across the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, the typical household in 2025 needs seven years to save for […]
Rechat partners with SkySlope to add forms, e-signatures to platform
Experience management platform Rechat is partnering with transaction management platform SkySlope, enabling Rechat to expand its capabilities into forms and e-signatures. The firms announced the partnership on Dec. 23. According to a press release, the partnership is an expansion of Rechat’s transactions ecosystem and functions as an add-on with Rechat Deals. Through the partnership, agents […]
Rare Geelong mansions in buyers’ sights as luxury property market stirs
This renovated 1873 home at 11 Aphrasia St, Newtown, is on the market for $3.9m to $4.2m. A suite of stately heritage mansions for sale across Geelong offer the ultimate prize for buyers seeking a trophy home with a rich history. Decades can often pass between these landmark properties changing hands, but several graced the […]
Hidden spending trap costing young Australians their chance at a home loan
Think you’ve got your finances sorted for that home loan application? Think again. New research from Money.com.au reveals a hidden trap costing thousands of Australians their shot at homeownership, and it all comes down to one crucial, often overlooked detail: your daily spending. According to the research, one in five homeowners drastically underestimated their living […]
Massive fortune and properties Brigitte Bardot left behind
The staggering net worth and properties of Brigitte Bardot have been revealed following the news of her death at 91. The iconic French film star died aged 91 just weeks after undergoing surgery and battling “sudden illness”. Bardot was at her home in Saint-Tropez when she was suddenly rushed to a hospital in nearby Toulon, […]
Australia’s top performing suburbs of 2025
The highest growing suburbs of 2025 have been revealed by PropTrack, showing where some properties have increased by as much as one third in value. Across the country, the data reflects how unaffordability is pushing buyers further away from central business districts and adding demand to the capital city’s outer ring suburbs. The top suburbs […]
How parental cash is locking generation out of housing market
Aussies’ ability to buy a home in 2026 will increasingly come down to their relationship with six words: the bank of mum and dad. Research from Finder.com.au has revealed home purchases are becoming increasingly challenging for those without access to parental financial help. But it’s that parental help that’s also distorting housing, creating a “two-tier” […]
Inside the Chemist Warehouse founders’ massive Australian luxury property spree
Australia’s retail landscape has a new class of property high-rollers, and they’re all linked to the Chemist Warehouse empire. Following a monumental year that saw the pharmacy giant list on the sharemarket and merge with ASX-listed Sigma Healthcare, creating a combined entity with a market capitalisation of approximately $33bn, its founders and key executives have […]
Australia’s top 7 most exciting apartment projects
Artist impression of the One Park Lane tower development which has been approved for Southport. If completed, it will be Australia’s tallest tower. Picture: Supplied From the nation’s tallest tower to waterfront luxury, there’s something for everyone in our top seven apartment developments set to be the talk of 2026. Two of the most intriguing […]
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