Jul 9, 2026 – 5.00amHelping your children buy a home is a proven way to accelerate their wealth.The May budget made this even more obvious by preserving the tax-free status of the family home.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Andrew HobbsWealth reporterAndrew Hobbs covers self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), financial planning, retirement, inheritance, tax, personal finance and, sometimes, the Perth Bears. He has been a financial journalist for 30 years, previously at Bloomberg and AAP.Fetching latest articles
These five disasters show how the bank of mum and dad can go wrong
Estrangements, different recollections of what was agreed on, and handshake deals are just some of the risks parents face when lending money to adult children.
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