Jun 5, 2026 – 5.00amWould-be residential property investors are among the biggest losers from the recent federal budget, but there’s one place where buying residential property could still make sense: superannuation.Experts agree that super has become the most tax-advantaged place to own a residential investment property.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Michelle BowesDeputy wealth editorMichelle Bowes is deputy wealth editor at The Australian Financial Review. She has been a business journalist for 25 years and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls.Fetching latest articles