The Mornington Peninsula in Victoria has topped the list of the 10 best regional areas in Australia for capital growth, according to RiskWise Property Research. The research house compiled the list of the Top 10 Regional Areas for both houses and units across Australia with Melbourne’s western suburbs coming in second. Victoria featured strongly on…
The clichés about housing supply and regulatory restraints are distractions from the need to focus on expanding the affordablehousing sector to directly meet the needs of low-income households, writes… Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney; Bill Randolph, UNSW; Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney; Rachel Ong, Curtin University, and Steven Rowley, Curtin University Australia has a housing affordability problem. There’s no…
As the Sydney and Melbourne markets go flat, some property professionals are touting Central Queensland as the ‘next big thing’ in the investment property market, following strong price reduction in recent years. The research house has received a number of inquiries about Central Queensland as an investment alternative to the major East Coast hubs of…
Figures showed Australian employment growth tracking at all-time record levels, with a stunning +420,700 year-on-year increase in employment, including an eye-watering +166,200 increase in New South Wales. I took a look through those numbers in a bit more detail, including at the state level, here. Population growth tends to be pro-cyclical, and over the year to September 2017…
In Sydney, families with children now account for one in four households living in apartments – the expectations and design of apartments have not kept up with this rapid demographic change, writes… Sophie-May Kerr, University of Wollongong A growing number of Australians live in apartments. The compact city model presents many benefits. However, living close to each other also presents challenges. Rapid growth in apartment developments in recent decades…
As a growing number of Australians start to think about retirement, thoughts also turn to finding not only a place that suits their changing lifestyle, but also somewhere that will deliver long-term capital growth. Many are retiring younger and are expected to live longer, so finding the right place that will build equity is extremely…
There’s an easy way to save the government $1.7 billion annually. Just slug greedy, rich property investors by reforming negative gearing and capital gains tax and it won’t increase rents for tenants or hurt mum and dad investors a bit. Really?? Well that’s the recommendation in a recent well publicised report from the AHURI, a…
One question investors often ask about claiming depreciation on a rental property is ‘how will these claims affect Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when the property is sold?’ CGT can be a complex topic for investors to understand, particularly as the answer to the above question can really depend on the scenario of the individual property…
While the RBA might not be able to influence the current cash rate, it can still influence longer-term rates by offering guidance about its future policy decisions, writes… Efrem Castelnuovo, University of Melbourne; Bruce Preston, University of Melbourne, and Giovanni Pellegrino, University of Melbourne The Reserve Bank of Australia should follow the example of other…
It’s a fascinating time to be in real estate. After 5 or so booming years the market has moved to the next stage of the proeprty cycle, and in many parts of Australia we’ve moved from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. And with interest rates set to remain enticingly low, meaning a greater…
