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Here’s a quick summary of the Australian economy (well the one that really matters). Let’s call it 10 Things Economic. 1. Working longer hours for less pay per hour. 2. Stuff all wage growth, which is unlikely to change – digital stuff, automation, the internet of things, baton change to service industries and importantly low/declining productivity. 3. Many already underemployed, with…
Negotiating is a part of living; we do it all the time. When you walk down a crowded street you negotiate the path you take. A couple negotiates their relationship before and during marriage. Although you may not realise what’s happening, for example you take out the garbage tonight and I will do the dishes….
Mortgage Repayments One you have bought a property, whether as a home or an investment, you will be required to make mortgage repayments to cover the cost of the home loan. These repayments can either be interest-only, which is what investors generally use, or principal and interest, which is a set amount designed to pay…
Low interest rates coupled with higher levels of demand for housing has seen property sales in some areas take off faster than in others. The CoreLogic Property Pulse looks at the 10 suburbs in each state with the shortest median selling time for houses and units over the 12 months to January 2017 Given mortgage…
It’s time for our monthly check on how the property markets are performing around Australia, and looking back over the year they have generally surprised on the upside. Here’s what Corelogic’s latest stats and graphs show: Combined capital city home values increased by 0.5% in October with values rising in all capital cities except for Adelaide…
Political uncertainty destabilises the Canberra property market. The federal election has been and gone, but has it had an effect on the housing market in the ACT? The federal election was held at the beginning of July, and as is often the case, the local property market in Canberra stagnated during the election period. While…
Stamp duty is one of those conversations that comes up all the time when we talk about affordability, and the different regimes for stamp duty around Australia are really quite amazing when you do look into it. Recently, the president of the Real Estate Institute in New South Wales, John Cunningham, made the statement that he…
The results of changing negative gearing are not as straight-forward as the government suggests writes… Gavin Wood, RMIT University There is much confusion about the effects of Labor’s tax proposals with respect to investors in rental housing. They propose to grandfather existing arrangements. But investors in the future can only negatively gear newly constructed housing,…
A suggestion to remove the exemption on capital gains tax on main residences is something no politician will touch writes… Michael William Blissenden, Western Sydney University A call from the Australia Institute to remove the exemption of capital gains tax (CGT) on main residences was never likely to go anywhere, considering the inherent political issues…
I want a better deal – take it or leave it! Have you ever had someone say this to you? I often hear people at my workshops say to me: “Everything was going well, we’d been talking for weeks and then suddenly when I thought we were about to put the deal together, they wanted…
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