Insights

The listed Goodman Group will be one of the main beneficiaries of height guidelines proposed for Melbourne's largest urban renewal precinct.

Sheyne Walsh, head of lending, Centric Wealth, says the financing of non-standard residential assets can add a layer of complexity to buying such properties: "The big banks as soon as they get a sniff that it's commercial [property] they want to charge you commercial rates."

Each week during Spring property season, Money's team of experts will come up with strategies for getting the best result - before and after the hammer falls.

Most people were happy to think the US's political problems were short term.

As investors get more involved with where their money is going, ethical

Each week financial adviser and international best-selling author Noel Whittaker answers your questions. noelwhit@gmail.com

Commodities have been the strength behind the Australian economy for the past decade with the resources super cycle providing the wherewithal for the Rudd government to throw money at the country during the darkest days of the global financial crisis.

With care, ethical investing can produce a bonus return, Penny Pryor writes.

Who knows whether there will be another interest-rate cut, even the Reserve Bank admits it doesn't, but already the market has moved on.

Accountants HLB Mann Judd Sydney have expressed concerns about property spruikers targeting self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees.

The exotic car market appears to be taking off again, says James Nicholls, of Theodore Bruce, who will be holding an auction on Saturday evening as part of Melbourne's RACV Motorclassica car show.

Cross-border business is fueling a comeback in deal making, says the merger advisory specialist.

China's growing middle class has fuelled an explosion in demand for dairy produce, and a relaxing of the one-child policy would mean many more little emperors for WCB to feed.

Local market lifts as investors cheer BHP update, ready for US employment data.

The post-retirement phase was largely overlooked in development of Australia's current super system. Industry and government must quickly step up to fix this dangerous oversight.

David Jones and rival Myer are both searching for new leaders, rattling already nervous retail investors.