What a property buyer needs to know about Australia: the rules for a foreigner, how a purchase runs, taxes and letting. One question per write-up.
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The Torrens title system is among the most reliable in the world, and a register entry confirms the right by itself. The difficulty for a foreigner is not the register but the entry gate.
Read on →The Australian rental market has lived in persistent shortage: low vacancy in the big cities and demand sustained by migration. For an owner that means a fast let and a watchful regulator.
Read on →Australian cities sit consistently at the top of world unaffordability rankings. That is not an anomaly of recent years but a durable construction of several independent causes.
Read on →The Australian tax burden on a foreign owner is built not as revenue collection but as a policy instrument: each surcharge answers a specific behaviour the state wants to limit.
Read on →A rare developed market where a foreigner cannot simply arrive and buy. Approval is obtained before the purchase, and buying without it means a forced sale and a fine.
Read on →Brisbane is gearing up for the 2032 Olympics, Perth runs on the resources cycle, and the Gold Coast is a resort and migration market. How each differs from the two big cities — and the risks that come with each.
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