Finding a tenant is not alway the best course when caught with a property in a slow market.

There is still 18 months to go - but sharp homeowners are already queuing up to rent out their properties during the Rugby World Cup.

As the vitriol builds against property investors it's becoming increasingly clear that there will be many innocent bystanders injured by the mooted changes to tax law.

Mark Keating suggests a way to ensure low-income earners are not losers in tax changes.

There is a bill before Parliament to amend the Residential Tenancies Act.

Residential landlords who are retired could be hit hardest if tax changes proposed this week are adopted.

In what could be a boost for tenants, landlords are reporting an increase in the number of vacant rental properties.

The Federal Reserve is beefing up its examination of US banks, fearing that profligate lending to commercial property developers could ultimately prove as damaging to the financial system as the subprime mortgage debacle.

Landlords are hitting back at property managers after paying thousands of dollars in fees only to have their houses trashed by tenants.