Teachers, nurses, truckies and cops are among the nation’s most-prolific property investors.

As Victoria’s housing crisis worsens the Allan government is stockpiling rental properties, in a move experts warn could force leases higher. These are the Melbourne suburbs being targeted.

Industry experts have warned about the emergence of “free” buyer’s agent services.

The number of active rentals in Victoria fell by almost 22,000 properties this year, suggesting investors are selling up. It’s being attributed to higher rental standards and increased land taxes in Victoria.

Cast your mind back to mid-2004. Shannon Noll and Casey Donovan were in the charts, Geoff Gallop was the premier and Mark Zuckerberg had just co-launched Facebook at Harvard. It was also a time when Perth’s median property price was $262,000.

Massive change is underway for Australia’s top property performers, with surprising regions coming out on top.

Close to nine in 10 property investors in some areas are claiming negative gearing tax breaks amid higher interest rate hikes – and these areas could be transformed if the incentives were cut.

For investors, the residential property market has just got too hard. Many have thrown in to towel as mounting regulation and taxes beat them into submission.

The removal of negative gearing would make it harder for young people to get a foot on the property ladder through reinvesting as more investors rely on the tax concession.

Sydney is no longer the best Australian city to invest in. That’s according to new property reports that have been released today.

Homebuyers are being urged to protect their financial information to avoid overpaying for properties.

Young Victorian homebuyers struggling to get on the property ladder are replacing investors in regional areas as they make a canny start into the housing market.