'Mum and dad' investors are being encouraged by financial planners and lenders to consider commercial, industrial and retail properties, says Malcolm Gunning, president of the REIA and principal of Gunning Real Estate.
How to keep your home cool as half the nation swelters
As Australians faces scorching temperatures across four states this weekend, we take a look at how to keep your home cool - without switching on the air-con.
Rates on hold, but housing affordability remains 'hotly debated'
The Reserve Bank has left interest rates at historic lows as economic conditions improve, but the property industry says other measures are required to improve housing affordability.