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Brace yourself for a big fall in house prices
Finance analysts predict the government’s negative gearing and CGT changes to invoke a drop in house prices next year.
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Labor’s Budget threatens to kill the ‘Australian dream’
Small business owners rally together to send petition to Canberra asking to repeal the CGT tax changes.
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Less car spaces to lead to more houses
New report says money saved from less off-street parking could help build at least 9000 more new houses.
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Changes ‘dropped into system that can’t deliver’
Property professionals group says the proposed Budget measures will hit rentvesters hard.
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Experts call for levy to capitalise on missed opportunity
Over $11 billion in windfall gains not going into government coffers, money which could reduce stamp duty.
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Conveyancers slam ‘ridiculous’ tax changes
Australia’s conveyancing industry has hit out at last week’s Budget, taking aim at changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax.
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Small businesses become target of Budget conjecture
Government says most small businesses will be unaffected by CGT changes but opposition wants more protections.
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Town ‘sold’ in $5.8B mining mega‑deal
A $5.8 billion mega-coal mining deal has all but put a town up for sale, handing the new owner the mines, hundreds of homes and crucial community services.
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Drop in Sydney’s auction clearance rate
National clearance rate showed a small increase last week but Sydney well down and Melbourne on the rise.
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Expert report shows new home sales on the rise
Despite higher interest rates and global unrest, new home sales showed a good uplift during April.
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Some silver lining for the Budget amongst doom and gloom
Economists suggest Budget will support fiscal growth in years to come despite flak over negative gearing and CGT changes.
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What’s really going on at the back of house?
At first glance, the issue in real estate all over is in the supply and demand of housing the impact on pricing. In the first of Australian Conveyancer’s real estate focus series, the REIQ boss says we need to look well beyond that to find a fix
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Budget lacks energy for big renewable project reforms
Households with solar panels and batteries could benefit from changes in the budget but big renewable energy changes were overlooked.
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Labor’s Budget yet to get the Green light
Greens boss says she will wait until getting all the details before signing off on the key Budget policies.
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Warning interest rates may still rise again
Budget measures have not done enough to quell Reserve Bank concerns about spending or curbing inflation.
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Property industry warns ‘jury is still out’ over Budget
The big picture for the next decade must be redoubling national efforts to unlock new housing supply across Australia.
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Budget misses the opportunity to address housing issues
Peak industry body says solution to housing shortage is to build more homes but the Budget ‘does the opposite’
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Infrastructure spending nice but more needed
Peak industry body says the government is on the right track with housing-related infrastructure funding.
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Controversial Trump Tower on Gold Coast falls over
The brand touted as being unpopular to Australians, pulls out of its Surfers Paradise project amid questions over obligations being met.
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Contentious but right: Chalmers braces for budget fight
Treasurer defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax as the ‘right thing to do’.
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Chalmers says tax changes will ‘level the playing field’
Reductions in the capital gains tax concession and a reworking of negative gearing aimed at helping first home buyers.