Posts

Electronic settlement on PEXA usually works - and when it doesn't, here's what actually went wrong and how the retry looks.

19 February 2026

South Australia's planning reforms have unlocked new dual-occ and triplex potential. What this means for yields.

16 February 2026

QLD shelved national aggregation in 2022, revised thresholds again in 2025. Where the rules sit now.

13 February 2026

Olympics infrastructure drives demand for a subset of suburbs, not all of them. The data from Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.

13 February 2026

35,000 places a year, no LMI, no premium rate. Who qualifies, and what the trade-offs are.

11 February 2026

Which occupations are being invited, at what points test score, and how often.

9 February 2026

Buying before you've sold usually needs bridging finance. Closed vs open bridging, peak debt, and how interest is capitalised.

6 February 2026

Macquarie, ING, Bankwest, Bank of Queensland and ME Bank - what they do better, and where they still trail.

5 February 2026

Australian citizen: 95%. PR: 95%. 186/482/485: 80%. Non-resident: 70%. The practical effect on your budget.

2 February 2026

Victoria charges an additional 4% on land held by absentee owners. The definition of 'absentee' and the carve-outs.

1 February 2026