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News24 Aug 20265 min read
She asked at the inspection whether the lift and the garage came with the unit and was told yes to both. Neither was true. By the time she found out in month five, the law's remedy for being misled had already closed — because the three-month clock runs from the day she moved in, not the day she discovered it.
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Market Intel24 Aug 20265 min read
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What just changed — and what it means for the block you own or the one you want.
News24 Aug 20265 min read
She signed a cost-plus renovation contract because the builder said a fixed price would be dishonest. Eight months and $61,000 later, she learned the law only allows cost-plus in narrow circumstances — and a builder who breaks those rules cannot enforce the contract at all.
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News24 Aug 20265 min read
A 68-year-old woman guaranteed her daughter's $522,000 home loan in 2019. It was topped up twice without her being asked. Why a guarantor's liability does not automatically follow the loan upward.
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News24 Aug 20265 min read
He bought the house with the studio already in the back yard. Six years later a court order told him to demolish it — and the man who built it was never a party to anything. Here is how an order attaches to the land and binds whoever owns it next.
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Five charts beat fifty headlines. Our research team reads the numbers so you read the signal.
Market Analysis3 Aug 20264 min read
The Australian property market is not moving as one. The headline average is down, but the real split is between the top end, bottom end and suburb-level opportunities.
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Market Analysis2 Aug 20264 min read
Sydney’s auction market is soft, but the bigger story is structural: it now costs more than $1 million to build a typical mid-rise apartment, and many projects no longer stack up.
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Market Analysis30 July 20265 min read
Home loan applications are down 15%, first home buyer demand has fallen 17.2%, and investor demand is retreating. Here’s what the credit crunch means for property buyers.
Read the full story ↗Suburb Deep Dives
Suburb averages lie. We go to the lot level: catchments, overlays, drainage, demand.
Suburb Deep Dives2 Aug 20265 min read
Glenella, Claremont and Atwell were rated through Ripehouse Advisory’s data layers — and the most expensive suburb finished last. Here’s what the numbers say about yield, growth and supply.
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Suburb Deep Dives28 July 20265 min read
Berserker, Waikiki and West Ulverstone go head-to-head in a data-led suburb showdown. The numbers favour Berserker, but street-level detail changes the read in every market.
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Suburb Deep Dives27 July 20265 min read
Bucasia, Mowbray and Wandina look similar on price, but the data says they are three very different bets. Here’s how supply, demand, yield and street position change the case.
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Sequencing, structure and timing — the decisions that compound over 30 years.
Strategy26 July 20264 min read
Investor mortgage applications are down 35% since February, but the real story is a thinner, more selective market. Ripehouse Advisory unpacks what that means for pricing, yield and where the opportunities remain.
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Strategy22 July 20264 min read
Australian living standards are under pressure, but the property case is still strong where supply is tight and data leads. Here’s what the numbers say for 2026.
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Questions from readers and clients, answered with evidence instead of opinion.
Q&A4 Aug 20265 min read
With the CGT discount being scrapped and negative gearing banned on established homes, Australian landlords are asking: sell, hold, or buy? Here's what the numbers actually say.
Q&A21 July 20263 min read
A good broker gets you approved. A great one helps you build a portfolio that can keep growing. Here’s why structure matters more than most investors realise.
From the archive
News24 Aug 20264 min read
National advertised weekly rents eased $2.15 to $776.72 in the week ending 23 August 2026 — still up 7.2% on a year ago. Perth was the only capital where every segment rose (units now 8.7% up annually), Brisbane gave back ground after a strong run, and Darwin houses hold the strongest annual growth of any capital at 13.0%. Full data inside.
News24 Aug 20266 min read
She bought out her brother's half share, signed a fixed-price renovation contract, then received nine invoices for extras totalling $47,600 — and had signed for only two. Whether a builder can recover on a variation turns on two conditions, not one, and almost nobody reads to the end of the sentence.
News23 Aug 20265 min read
She cared for her mother in that home for eleven years. When her mother died, the reverse mortgage had to be repaid — and she discovered the law had only ever required that somebody else be told she had no right to stay.
News23 Aug 20266 min read
He bought a completed, certified, tenanted house. Eleven months after settlement the council sent him a $58,700 infrastructure charges bill for a development approval issued years before he had heard of the street — and the appeal right on the notice could not hear a word of his actual complaint.
Market Intel23 Aug 20264 min read
Brisbane’s cut to a 120sqm minimum lot size is already repricing land, with a $855,000 driveway sale and clear signs the market is favouring split-able sites.
News23 Aug 20266 min read
She searched the title for easements and found none. Eighteen months later a $26,400 levy notice arrived — under a private instrument registered against her lot before the developer sold a single dwelling, binding every owner who comes after her.
News23 Aug 20265 min read
A 47-year-old woman held a block for eleven years because the code allowed two lots. A single amendment took effect fourteen months before she found out, and the compensation regime that covers exactly this loss was already closed to her. Here is the clock that shut it.
News23 Aug 20265 min read
A homeowner won an $88,000 order and the builder ignored it. What she did not know: unpaid orders automatically suspend a builder's licence, and that suspension is deemed to be insolvency for insurance purposes - unlocking a claim that is not capped at the order.
Market Intel17 Aug 20264 min read
Buyers are still active, but the market is now driven by fear of overpaying. This article unpacks the auction signals, supply data and suburb research behind the shift.
Market Intel17 Aug 20264 min read
Buyers are still active, but the market is now driven by fear of overpaying. This article unpacks the auction signals, supply data and suburb research behind the shift.
Market Intel16 Aug 20264 min read
Sydney’s auction clearance rate is still soft at 54%, but agents are now talking about a floor. The real story is in the stock, the streets and the data beneath the median.
Market Intel16 Aug 20264 min read
Sydney’s auction clearance rate is still soft at 54%, but agents are now talking about a floor. The real story is in the stock, the streets and the data beneath the median.
Market Intel15 Aug 20264 min read
A Queensland court has narrowed how “affordable” can justify taller Gold Coast developments, with supply implications for owners and buyers. We also unpack street-level data showing why suburb medians can hide major differences.
Market Intel14 Aug 20263 min read
Perth and Melbourne may both face price falls, but the runway underneath each market is very different. Cotality and Ripehouse Advisory data show why street-level research matters.
Market Intel13 Aug 20263 min read
Australia’s 66% home ownership rate looks stable until you count people instead of dwellings, where it falls to about 52%. Here’s what that means for rental demand and investors.
Market Intel12 Aug 20263 min read
Investor loan applications have fallen 28% at Australia’s biggest bank, but the real story is suburb-level. Here’s where the impact matters, and where it doesn’t.
Market Intel11 Aug 20263 min read
The RBA held at 4.35%, but its statement confirmed housing momentum has already shifted. We break down what that means for investors — and why street-level data matters.
Market Intel10 Aug 20264 min read
The Reserve Bank’s fourth decision lands today, but the bigger story is the data underneath the headlines. Here’s how rates, bonds and street-level property numbers are shaping the market.
Market Analysis25 July 20264 min read
Regional affordability is driving strong price growth, but not all markets are equal. Ripehouse Advisory breaks down the data behind Yallourn North, Yarraman and the regional surge.
Market Analysis23 July 20264 min read
Brisbane property prices are down 1.2% in the latest quarter, but the citywide headline misses tight, low-vacancy suburbs like Windaroo. The real story is in the local data, not the average.
Suburb Deep Dives23 July 20264 min read
Five NSW regional towns, one data-led scoreboard. Young leads on growth, Cowra leads on yield, and Taree wins on fundamentals — but street selection changes everything.
Suburb Deep Dives22 July 20265 min read
Tarneit is under pressure from supply, but the data still shows a strong growth story. The key is buying the right street and asset type, not chasing the suburb headline.
Market Analysis21 July 20264 min read
Sydney renting now exceeds owning for the first time since the 1950s, but the real opportunity is in tight-vacancy pockets like South Mackay and Vincent, where supply has already run out.
Suburb Deep Dives19 July 20264 min read
Three suburbs just scored a perfect R100 on our R-Score system, all under $610,000 with tight supply and strong owner-occupier bases. Here’s why the best opportunities may be hiding in regional markets.
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