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Most property investors spend years focusing on buying well, holding quality assets and riding the long-term growth of the market. But surprisingly few give enough thought to how they’ll eventually exit, and more importantly, how much of their hard-earned capital growth they’ll actually keep. That’s where the 50% Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount comes in….

If you’ve been following the headlines, you’ve probably seen all sorts of theories about what’s pushing Australian property prices to record highs again. Some say it’s greedy investors. Others blame land shortages, migration, or tax policies. But the truth is much simpler – and far more powerful. Property prices, like every other market, ultimately obey…

There seems to be ongoing confusion about the role housing is playing in Australian inflation and whether the recently expanded 5% Deposit Scheme has anything to do with the current CPI pulse and the February 2026 official interest rate lift. Let’s start with the facts. Housing carries roughly 21–23% of the CPI basket. Within that, rents account…

I get this question all the time. Most property investment commentators will tell you that a vacancy rate under 2–3% is a sign of a strong rental market. That answer, however, is incomplete, and in some cases, dangerously misleading. Relying on vacancy rates alone has cost many investors significant money, particularly in inner-city apartment markets…

Rental shortages in Victoria and Western Australia are escalating, but while the Vic govt is using sticks to force investors and developers into providing more rental stock, the WA govt is using carrots to motivate and encourage them to do the same. Victoria and Western Australia have the fastest population growth rates of all States,…

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