Financial planning

Death duties and taxes: Can’t we just let sleeping dogs lie?

Everyday money

Death duties and taxes: Can’t we just let sleeping dogs lie?

From land taxes to death duties and CGT, there's a lot of suggestions flying around the land of Oz at the moment. Noel Whittaker shares his thoughts.

Money ExpertNoel Whittaker

Creating a retirement plan

How to avoid the 5 biggest retirement planning mistakes

How to avoid the 5 biggest retirement planning mistakes

The five biggest planning mistakes include retiring too soon, underestimating your retirement costs, relying on the Age Pension and not setting specific retirement goals.

Written byJocelyn Nickels

How to avoid the 5 biggest retirement planning mistakes

Lifestyle

7 questions to ask yourself before you retire

7 questions to ask yourself before you retire

Transition into retirement smoothly by asking these seven questions before you make the jump.

Written byNadia Chapman

Retirement will be easier once you consider these seven questions. Source: Getty

Property Market

Housing market still in boom despite slowing growth rate

Housing market still in boom despite slowing growth rate

Data released by Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that housing prices have increased by 6.7 percent over the June quarter.

Written byGeorgina Pashley

Birdseye view of a housing estate. Source: Getty

Age Pension

Age Pension increase: How your payments will be impacted

Age Pension increase: How your payments will be impacted

Increases will benefit 2.58 million Australians currently claiming the Age Pension.

Written byGeorgina Pashley

2.58 million Australians will benefit from a pension increase on September 20.

Financial planning

How to safely use home equity to improve your retirement funding

How to safely use home equity to improve your retirement funding

Think you know about reverse mortgages? Noel Whittaker will make you think again!

Written byHousehold Capital

Noel Whittaker, Dr Deborah Ralston and Fiona Navarro answer the biggest questions about safely using home equity to improve your retirement funding.

Money Questions

‘Can I afford to buy a holiday on my modest retirement income?’

‘Can I afford to buy a holiday on my modest retirement income?’

Making the most of what we have becomes critical with relatively modest sums of money, Nick Bruining explains.

Money ExpertNick Bruining

We would like to assume that your ability to holiday some time in the future is unquestionable. Source: Getty

Financial planning

‘I worked too hard all my life to keep saying no to good things in retirement’

‘I worked too hard all my life to keep saying no to good things in retirement’

Vivienne spent more than a year researching options to boost her retirement income - you might be surprised at what she chose.

Written byHousehold Capital

Vivienne Cable combined a Household Loan with the Age Pension, super and earnings from her styling consultancy to boost her income and give her an emergency nest egg. Source: Supplied.

Everyday money

How to make the most of low draw-down rates on your account based pension

How to make the most of low draw-down rates on your account based pension

It's not every day the government throws retirees a bone! Nick Bruining explains how to make the most of this one.

Money ExpertNick Bruining

Retirees stand to make some extra cash, if they play their cards right. Source: Getty

Retirement Income

Pros and cons of the government’s latest change to SMSFs

Pros and cons of the government’s latest change to SMSFs

Legislation to increase the number of members of a Self Managed Superannuation Fund finally passed through parliament on Thursday, but it's best not to dive in until you've read this.

Money ExpertNick Bruining

Children from a first marriage often miss out when assets are divided. Source: Getty

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