Buy & Sell
Buying, selling and investing, step by step.
Victoria private sale: what a buyer checks before signing the contract
The due diligence checklist, the Property Price Statement, building and pest reports, the finance condition and the three days that follow a signature in Victoria.
Selling a home in Victoria: the owner's steps from agent to settlement
How an owner sells a home in Victoria as the state regulator sets it out: the agent, the price, the method of sale, the section 32 statement, offers, the deposit and settlement.
Western Australia's first home help: A$10,000 grant, duty rate, Keystart
Western Australia runs a A$10,000 grant for new homes, a first home owner rate of duty reset on 7 May 2026, a A$2,000 costs grant and Keystart loans. The rules, with examples.
Selling a strata lot in Western Australia: what must be disclosed
What a Western Australian strata seller must hand over before the buyer signs, what must be notified afterwards, when the buyer may avoid the contract, and how little a house sale requires.
Australia's homes for sale rise 21.6% in a year as buyers hold back
SQM Research counted 276,839 listings across Australia in September, a fifth more than a year earlier. What the count, and REA Group's chief, tell vendors.
Dubai off-plan: how escrow accounts and Oqood protect buyers
Two Dubai laws decide where an off-plan buyer's money goes and when the purchase legally exists. What each one requires, what the texts say, and what is still to check.
Buying property in Dubai: the checks a buyer can run before signing
Title deed, project status, escrow account, broker card, advertising permit, service charges: what Dubai's official tools and laws let a buyer verify before committing.
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.
NSW contract for sale and Victoria's Section 32: what is disclosed
New South Wales wants a full contract ready before a home is marketed. Victoria wants a signed vendor statement before the buyer signs. What each must contain.
Singapore: Bedok gets its first S$1.5 million flat in a week of records
A five-room flat at Bedok South Horizon sold for S$1.54 million, a day after a S$1.48 million record. What the week's other resale highs tell sellers.
Singapore: what a CEA case says about new-launch advertising rules
A case study published by Singapore's Council for Estate Agencies on 5 October 2026 shows how one line of the ethics code applies to prices and claims in new-launch adverts.
Buying an HDB resale flat in Singapore: from HFE letter to keys
How a resale flat purchase runs in Singapore under HDB's rules: the HFE letter, the 21-day Option to Purchase, the Request for Value, the resale application and completion.
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: lead-based paint disclosure rules for homes built before 1978
A federal rule sets what sellers, landlords and agents must disclose about lead-based paint in older American homes, when they must do it, and what the paperwork has to contain.
US older owners to release 13.9 million homes, few of them starters
A Realtor.com analysis reported by HousingWire expects older American owners to release 13.9 million homes by 2036, but only about 38,000 starter homes a year.
US housing costs: Redfin maps the road back to 2018 affordability
A Redfin report dated 8 October 2026 models when US mortgage payments could fall back to 30% of income. The answer runs from 2028 to more than a decade away.
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.
US listing data to 2 October: more homes, more cuts, fewer deals
HousingWire's weekly tracker to 2 October shows 902,112 homes for sale, price cuts on 42.83% of listings and pending sales down a tenth on a year ago. What sellers can read in it.