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Smart property investors use all the legal tax rules to minimize their cash flow leakage and maximise their deductions. The government encourages property investors to provide accommodation for those who need it by offering them a range of tax benefits. While most investors know about the typical tax deductions, such as interest on loans, repairs and management fees,…
Remember all those scary headlines about the “cliffs” we were going to fall off during the Covid pandemic? There was a fiscal cliff, then an interest rate cliff, and there was an unemployment cliff where unemployment would jump to double digits. By the way… no one fell off those cliffs, did they? Well…now there’s talk…
Auction clearance rates were slightly higher this weekend, but there were significantly fewer properties for sale by auction this weekend than normal. It’s the first weekend of the school holidays and that always means less auction activity But, once again,the media was full of negative messages this week, yet consumer sentiment bounced back a little…
Play this important message from Michael Yardney Are you wondering what will happen to the Brisbane property market in 2022?? Well… Brisbane was the strongest property market in 2021 exhibiting astonishing growth, with many locations experiencing 30+% house price growth. And even though growth is slowing in other parts of Australia, Brisbane’s housing markets are…
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. Housing investor demographics Property researcher Michael Matusik recently gave a great summary of Australian property investor demographics. About…
During the recent property boom Melbourne’s housing values did not grow as strongly as other capitals, but remember…we were locked down in a Covid Cocoon for 260 days. But then, in the second half of 2021 property values increased in almost every part of Melbourne – and that’s very unusual. So far this year the…
Play this important message from Michael Yardney Are you wondering what will happen to the Sydney property market in 2022? Well … Sydney finished up the second strongest performing Australian housing market in 2021 with many locations experiencing 24+% house price growth. Of course, the Sydney property market has been one of the strongest and most…
The Reserve Bank (RBA) governor, Philip Lowe, has warned Aussies that more interest rate hikes are on the way. Speaking to the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, Lowe pledged not to repeat the costly mistakes of the 1970s stagflationary period, and to “do what is necessary” to squash inflation before it becomes entrenched in…
After recording an easing in the growth trend since March 2021 (2.8%), CoreLogic’s national home index recorded its first month of negative dwelling value growth in 20 months, falling -0.1% across both property types. This fall in values came amid lower consumer sentiment, increasing global uncertainty, mounting inflationary pressure, and the first cash rate rise…
Now that the housing market is slowing, with national home prices falling for the first time since the pandemic onset in May, can we consider the market a buyer’s market? Demand to buy property greatly outweighed the supply of properties for sale, but as the Spring selling season kicked into gear that changed and the…
