Victorians will be the most highly taxed community in Australia if the Andrews Government has its say. Today the Victorian Government announced massive tax hikes including a $2.4 Billion Land Tax grab on Victorian homebuyers, homeowners, and property industry jobs to be featured in next week’s State Budget. This is a slug by the Andrews…
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A lot can happen in one week in our property markets, can’t it? So here’s a look back at some of the things I read or learned this week, that I believe you should also know. 1. The high end of the property market outperforms While there is a broad base property boom around Australia,…
Auction clearance rates remained strong this weekend, despite being the third busiest auction weekend of the year. This weekend 2,401 properties were taken to auction, a few less than last weekend’s 2,569 (but more than the previous weekend’s 2,289.) All our capital cities delivered strong auction clearance rates with Adelaide being the stand-out performer with…
There are more interesting articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the ones I’ve read during the week. The weekend will be over before you know it, so enjoy some interesting reading. First homebuyers fear missing…
The late Jim Rohn was a gifted storyteller with dynamic delivery and thought-provoking substance. His philosophy was an important influence on me as I was growing my wealth and business so today I’d like to share a collection of his quotes: 1. “To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn…
Today, I’d like to share with you my top insights into creating accelerated wealth. Now, the show is a little bit different, because it’s actually the audio of a webinar I conducted with my friend Louise Bedford who asked me to share with her audience my insights into creating wealth in this new business, property,…
This time last year, we were supposed to have a federal budget – instead, we had a pandemic. And over the year many elements of our life were upended due to Covid19 Around this time last year, our Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he’d build a bridge for us to get to the other side…
I’d like to share with you some of my thoughts on risk, and how it relates to your investment success because I believe that what most of us have been taught about risk is wrong. In fact, it’s probably holding you back from obtaining real wealth. If you are like most investors somewhere along the…
id Demographers forecast that Australia’s population will have 1.9 million fewer people in 20 years’ time than it would have had if COVID-19 never reached our shores. To give a sense of the scale of change, id Demographers are forecasting by 2041, there will be just under 2 million fewer people living here (31,500,000 people…
Perhaps it’s a reflection of how old I am, but as I keep seeing the stories in the media about rapidly rising house prices, I simply think: here we go again. There are already those out there telling us we are in the housing bubble that’s going to crash. Then there are others who are…