Investing
Investors return as rental yields improve
Gross yields above 4 per cent in three capitals, combined with a stable cash rate, have brought investors back into a market they largely vacated in 2023.
Grace Lindsay/
First Home Buyers
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FinanceAnalysis
The rate cut that did not move the market
The May cut lifted median borrowing capacity by about $34,000. Sales volumes across the combined capitals are 2 per cent lower than the same period last year.
Grace Lindsay/
PolicyOpinion
The first home buyer numbers do not say what you think
Opinion: the standard reading of first home buyer data confuses a compositional shift with an affordability improvement.
James Whitmore/