Buy & Sell
Buying, selling and investing, step by step.
First home in Australia: who qualifies for the 5% deposit and Help to Buy
One federal scheme guarantees part of a home loan, the other buys a share of the home. The eligibility tests, deposits, price caps, deadlines and ongoing duties of each, from the official guides.
Australia: why every property seller needs an ATO clearance certificate
Since 1 January 2025 a buyer must keep back 15% of any Australian property price unless the seller hands over an ATO clearance certificate. How the rule works for each side.
Australia: how the ATO taxes a rental property from rent to sale
What the Australian Taxation Office asks a landlord to declare, what can be deducted at once or over time, how a rental loss works and what follows at sale.
Australia: buying a home through an SMSF and what the ATO allows
A self-managed super fund may hold a house or a flat in Australia, but not for its members to use. The sole purpose test, borrowing limits, tax and penalties, as the regulators set them out.
California home sale disclosures: the main rules, checked in 2026
The transfer disclosure statement, the three and five day exit, six natural hazard zones, the agent's inspection, association papers and withholding, read on 2026 texts.
The developer's NOC in a Dubai resale: fees, validity and disputes
What a developer's no-objection certificate confirms in a Dubai resale, who applies and when, what developers and the press say it costs, how long it lasts and where the law sets limits.
Housing support for Emiratis in Dubai: what the official texts say
The federal housing programme and bank mortgage limits for UAE nationals, from the official texts, with the Dubai housing body's figures as one newspaper reported them in June 2025.
Dubai's First-Time Home Buyer Programme: Who Qualifies and How It Works
Dubai's programme for first-time buyers has four eligibility tests, a QR code and a single use. What the Dubai Land Department says it offers, what it costs and what it leaves open.
Letting a Dubai home as a holiday home: permits, fees and fines
Dubai treats short guest stays as a licensed activity. The decree, the permit for each home, the fees, the Tourism Dirham per occupied room per night and the schedule of fines, read from the texts.
Dubai's listed property REITs: what they own, pay out and report
Three listed trusts hold Dubai property. This guide reads their 2026 figures on portfolios, net asset value, dividends and borrowing, and says what they leave unstated.
When a buyer stops paying in Dubai: what the developer may keep
Article 11 of Dubai's interim register law, rewritten in 2017 and 2020, sets the notice, the 30 days and the share a developer may keep at each stage of construction.
Off-plan purchase in Dubai, step by step: registration, fees, resale
From the first look at a project to a resale before completion: what a Dubai off-plan buyer signs, pays and receives at each step, as official pages and laws describe it.
Selling a mortgaged home in Dubai: the release, the fees, the cheques
A Dubai home with a loan on it can be sold, but the lender's mortgage has to come off the register first. The letters, the capped bank fees, the three cheques and the steps.
Dubai sale with a tenant in place: lease, 12-month notice, Ejari
What Dubai's tenancy law says when a let home is sold: the lease binds the buyer, vacant possession needs twelve months' notice, and what official pages say on Ejari, deposits and viewings.
New York's property condition disclosure statement: a seller's guide
New York sellers of one to four family homes owe buyers a 56-question condition statement before contract. What it asks, who is exempt and what liability follows.
After the BTO ballot in Singapore: booking, fees and key collection
What follows a successful HDB ballot in Singapore: the queue position, the booking appointment, the Agreement for Lease, stamp and legal fees, key collection and cancellation.
Using CPF savings for a first home in Singapore: limits and HPS
What CPF Ordinary Account savings may pay for when buying a first home in Singapore, the two ceilings on their use, the lease-to-95 test and the Home Protection Scheme.
Singapore first-time buyers: BTO ballot, flat classes and CPF grants
How a first home is bought from HDB in Singapore: the HFE letter, the BTO ballot and its quotas, what Standard, Plus and Prime change, and the CPF housing grants.
Singapore: IOI Properties to buy Shenton House from its own chief
The Malaysian developer will pay S$1 for the company that owns the Shenton Way tower, repay S$217 million of its chief executive's advances and take on the debt.
Selling a resale home in Singapore: what the seller has to disclose
Buyer beware is the starting point in a Singapore resale. What the contract makes a seller confirm, what requisitions reveal, and what courts did when something was hidden.