Ceyhun and Danielle Guengoer just bought their first home in Melbourne. It used to be a rental. For Mr Guengoer, the experience had been 60 per cent excitement, 40 per cent fear of having a large mortgage.

Cash-strapped states have upset investors with a surge in land tax charges, so who will be hit next and which state will take advantage of the disenchantment?

Housing investors are fleeing Victoria’s property market for states with lower taxes, raising doubts about the future supply of rental properties.

Despite increasing property taxes on private investors by 73 per cent since 2012, governments have failed to reinvest these funds in social housing, claimed the investment body.

A horror warning has been sent out for one-in-three Australians who are about to fork out a significant amount more money.

Anthony Albanese is not the only rental property owner in Australia throwing in the towel and selling up. More investors are quitting the property market as the combination of higher borrowing rates and new state-based taxes combine to make owning a rental property more trouble than it’s worth.

Property expert says today’s more-stable and sustainable market conditions represent ‘the perfect time to strike’.

As Australia’s tax season rolls around again, the national tax office has a familiar group in its sights: landlords.

Melbourne buyers agent and PIPA director, Cate Bakos, echoed the need for an independent in-person inspection and said while agents had to act ethically, responsibly and honestly — their duty was to the vendor, and buyers could not assume agents would represent their interests.

Gareth Kent, Director of Preston Rowe Paterson answers the biggest question this year will be how quickly can stock levels increase to allow the cycle to move into the second stage?

The pace of rental price growth is finally showing signs of slowing but a surprising study has found the rental crisis is not attributable to increased population density.

A surprise move by the sea-change shire of Mornington in Victoria to tax all new property developments has alarm bells ringing.