It’s more affordable to buy a house and land package in Brisbane’s major growth areas, over an existing home in the river city, new research reveals. 

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.8% in the year to July 2025, up from 1.9% in June – the highest rate since July 2024. 

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For the past seven years, Dejana Stosic, 26, has been renting in Belgrade, the Serbian capital. Originally from a small town in the south of the country, Stostic recently found a job with a higher salary at a private company. But the cost of living remains high, and she has no plans to leave her current house-share.  

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Berlin’s Rent Price Review Office has announced that in 93 of the 95 rental contracts it reviewed in the second quarter of 2025, landlords were charging tenants illegally high rent. 

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Albany and Geraldton saw the strongest annual increases in house price growth in Australia’s regions, according to a new report which also lays bare the challenges facing regional renters. 

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A former Brinkworth bank has prompted just as much curiosity from the families of past tellers as it has from serious buyers. 

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For many Australians, a home by the water represents the quintessential dream. 

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Driven by a surge in investors returning to the market, recent cash rate cuts, boosted buyer confidence and spending power, property prices look set for a boost over a busy spring selling season. 

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According to the latest report by BNP Paribas Real Estate, average effective net rents for office spaces in Europe have increased by 3.7% over the past 12 months, while prime rents have gone up by 5.3%. However, in Bucharest, rent levels have remained stable, keeping Romania’s capital among the cheapest business hub in Europe. 

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Cara Julian is reshaping the way women approach finance.  

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