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Buy to live or buy to rent out? What to consider when investing in property in 2025

Property prices in Australia are easing, according to CoreLogic data, yet rent rates remain at an all-time high. Could this be the right time to finally move out of the rental trap and into home ownership? Here’s what you need to know.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Why value engineering could hold the key to Australia’s construction constraints

Knight Frank’s chief economist says there is opportunity for those who can ‘value engineer’ construction constraints. He also sees prospects in build-to-sell, build-to-rent, and Brisbane.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

How Ed Craven is changing Australia’s ‘trophy home’ real estate

Tracey Atkins from Forbes Global Properties reveals how young tech entrepreneurs Ed Craven and Scott Farquhar are changing the high-end property game, and what’s afoot in residential real estate across the country.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy sets new record with $42 million mansion purchase

The 1.2-acre Nantucket home sold for a whopping $42 million—plus another $2 million for furniture—making it the most expensive residential sale in Massachusetts history.

  • By Brian Bushard
  • Forbes Staff

Asides

Airbnb stock craters as co-founders lose US$3 billion in one day

Airbnb cofounders Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia are now $12 billion poorer than they were two years ago.

  • By Derek Saul
  • Forbes Staff

Beyond residential: the value of AREITs in your investment portfolio

There are several ways to invest in property, and investors need to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages.

  • By Grant Berry
  • Contributor

How to invest in non-traditional global real estate

Where are the opportunities in property? Chris Bedingfield at Quay Global Investors looks at some of the options?

  • By Chris Bedingfield
  • Contributor

Luxe Listings’ Monika Tu: From zero to $300 million

Her climb to fame and fortune seems like it happened almost overnight.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Forbes Staff
Illustration of prop tech or property technology which is an application of information technology and platform economics to real estate markets

What’s on the horizon in proptech?

The property industry is no longer about bricks and mortar. It’s about technology.

  • By Steven Maarbani - Contributor
  • Contributor
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