Investing
Investing in property: yields, growth, costs and the questions to ask before you buy.
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.
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.
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.
Singapore's St Regis Residences owners fund a S$12 million upgrade
EdgeProp reports that the owners of a 173-unit Tanglin Road condominium backed a S$12 million refit of their common areas with 95% support. How it was done.
South Australia's short-stay register: consultation closes 30 October
South Australia is asking owners, councils and booking platforms how a register of short-stay homes should work. Submissions close at 5pm on Friday 30 October 2026.
How US rental income is taxed: Schedule E, depreciation and losses
A federal guide to tax on a rented home in the United States: what counts as rent, what comes off it, 27.5-year depreciation, the US$25,000 loss allowance and the sale.
US Treasury sends first investor home-purchase ban rule for review
The Treasury's first proposed rule on the federal ban on large-investor home purchases reached White House review on 2 October. Law firms put the ban's start at 7 January 2027.
S&P expects Dubai housing supply to rise 20% over two years
A Credit FAQ from S&P Global Ratings sets out the agency's view of Dubai homes, developers and banks in 2027: more apartments, a gradual price correction and a war that lasts.
Singapore: Jalan Merbok site offered for senior living, bids by 6 November
A 94,907 sq ft plot at Jalan Merbok with a fresh 103-year lease is for sale by expression of interest, with senior living and care named as the preferred uses.
Singapore shophouse sales rise to 21 in the third quarter as value falls
Huttons Asia counts 21 shophouse deals worth S$157.7 million in the third quarter of 2026: more sales than in the second quarter, less money, and rents that did not move.
US large investors bought 2.2% of single-family homes in August
Owners of 1,000 or more homes took 2.2% of US single-family purchases in August, up from a 1.4% low in February, Inman reports from Cotality data. The reasons are still debated.
USA: how a section 1031 like-kind exchange and its deadlines work
A United States investor can swap one investment property for another and defer the federal tax on the gain. The IRS rules, the 45-day and 180-day clocks, and the sums.
Singapore state land for homes costs 58% more than in 2016: EdgeProp
An EdgeProp analysis dated 8 October 2026 finds the average price of residential state land rose from S$833 to S$1,312 psf ppr in ten years, led by OCR sites.
US home flippers' typical margin slips to 21.5% in second quarter
ATTOM's second-quarter 2026 report counts 77,991 flipped homes in the United States, with the typical gross margin down to 21.5% and wide gaps between metro areas.