When you are ready to buy your first home, you need to apply to the Commissioner of Taxation for an FHSS determination and a release. You will be able to apply from 1 July 2018.

It’s said Australia’s housing affordability problem is the result of new housing stock not keeping pace with population growth. But there is actually enough housing, so why can’t the poor afford it?

The majority of hopeful first-home buyers do not know what lenders’ mortgage insurance covers, do not understand what conveyancing means and are not aware there is no cooling off period when buying...

THIS is the one thing every Aussie wants at their house, according to a study of the online search habits of property seekers.

The Financial Services Royal Commission is currently underway and while the final recommendations are not due until early 2019, there are some likely outcomes that will have a significant impact on...

CONSTRUCTION is under way at Foreshore Coomera, with future residents given their first look at their new community.

Gen-Y are back on the property ladder, having faced a bleak outlook only last year. So what’s turning the tide?

This will be controversial, but housing affordability has not gone through the roof. It’s actually been fairly stable for the past quarter century.

Fees, rules and taxes have contributed to a nearly two-thirds drop in the number of FIRB applications over a year.

Every homebuyer and investor had to start somewhere and there were many lessons they learned along the way.

Lenders' mortgage insurance is designed to protect the banks — not the borrower. But an alarmingly high number of borrowers fail to understand that.