A practical walkthrough of buying property in Sydney in 2026 as a foreign buyer — covering FIRB strategy, foreign surcharge calculations, financing pathways for non-residents, and settlement preparation in plain English.
State-by-state rental reform update for 2026-27: NSW portable bonds and no-grounds eviction ban, VIC minimum standards and short-stay levy, QLD rent increase limits, ACT CPI+10% cap, and federal Rent Assistance boost.
Complete state-by-state stamp duty comparison for 2026-27. NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT rates, first home buyer concessions, foreign surcharges, and off-the-plan concessions.
How the 2026-27 Federal Budget affects housing and property in Australia: Help to Buy expansion, First Home Guarantee reforms, HAFF Round 3, $10 billion FHB Exclusive Housing, negative gearing, and CGT changes.
Complete guide to federal housing policy in 2026-27: Help to Buy expansion, First Home Guarantee reforms, HAFF Round 3, Build-to-Rent incentives, Rent Assistance boost, and foreign investor restrictions.
FIRB approval in Australia typically takes 30 days, but delays are common. Here is what affects processing time, what the application involves, and how to avoid the mistakes that slow things down.
Stamp duty is one of the biggest upfront costs when buying property in Australia. This guide covers standard stamp duty rates, first home buyer concessions, and the foreign buyer surcharge for migrants and visa holders — state by state.
One vendor bid is legal in every state. Identifying it early tells you how close the price is to the reserve.
Australia's two-year ban on foreign purchases of established homes (April 2025–March 2027) explained: who is affected, what you can still buy, FIRB rules, and what it means for migrants on temporary visas.
Perth has re-rated hard since 2022. Is the run over, or does the mining capex cycle keep it going?
Comparable sales, days on market, clearance rate, discounting rate - the four metrics that tell you where prices are going.
Regional towns that spiked in 2021-22 have corrected in different ways. Where yield still stacks up.
A complete 2026 guide to buying property in Sydney as a foreign buyer — FIRB approval, stamp duty surcharges, loan pathways, conveyancing, and settlement explained in plain English.
State-by-state vendor disclosure statements are not equivalent. Knowing what your state requires saves rework.
The Australian property market in 2026 — where prices are heading, which cities offer value, what the RBA rate cuts mean for buyers, and how migrants can position themselves. Updated May 2026.
Sinking fund balance, special levies, legal disputes, defects history - the five pages in a 200-page report that matter.
Electronic settlement on PEXA usually works - and when it doesn't, here's what actually went wrong and how the retry looks.
South Australia's planning reforms have unlocked new dual-occ and triplex potential. What this means for yields.
Olympics infrastructure drives demand for a subset of suburbs, not all of them. The data from Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
CoreLogic and PriceFinder reports look the same to most buyers. The filters and adjustments agents actually apply.
In some states a pre-auction offer accepted via private treaty preserves cooling off. When that's available and how it works.
A week before settlement you get one shot at a final inspection. Taps, power, ovens, remotes, and the shed in the back.
Signing a contract in 2024 for settlement in 2027 exposes you to bank valuation risk. How to hedge it.
Ten red flags we've seen kill finance or renegotiate prices - from rising damp to termite trails.
A play-by-play of a Sydney or Melbourne auction - registration, reserve, vendor bids, the moment of the hammer.
Migration, stamp duty reform, interest rates and apartment supply are pulling the two cities in opposite directions.
Finance and building-inspection conditions are your out clauses. Waive them unconditionally and you're exposed.
The data from NSW and Victoria over the past three years, plus the buyer's perspective on each format.
Hobart led the national price surge in 2016-2021 and has cooled meaningfully since. The numbers in April 2026.
Five business days in NSW, three in Victoria, zero at auction. The table and the traps.