The ABC of property buying for Generation Z

Generation Zs wanting to break into expensive real estate markets will have to look beyond big capital cities to cheaper and higher-yielding investment properties in lower-priced state capitals and regional centres where the rent and negative gearing (pending potential Labor changes) will help pay off the mortgage.

The digitally-savvy, well-travelled generation born at the end of the 20th century are acutely aware of being priced out of the nation's property markets where well-paid professional jobs are most plentiful. So they are being encouraged to use their mobility, flexibility and technical sophistication to devise other strategies than those used by their parents, who got their first homes for a fraction of current prices with easier terms for loans.