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Investor Strategy • 01 DEC 2023
Is the housing market fizzling out?
Heat fades out of Australia’s housing market, as the nation’s combined capitals record the slowest home value growth since February.
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Tax & Legal • 01 DEC 2023
No ‘silver bullet’ for housing found in Victorian parliamentary inquiry
A parliamentary inquiry into Victoria’s rental and housing affordability crisis delivered mixed opinions on stamp duty, vacant land tax and social housing strategies.
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Investor Strategy • 30 NOV 2023
The 5 factors set to transform the property market in 2024
Affordability, rate cuts and densification are just some of the changes set to sweep Australia’s housing market in 2024, according to Domain.
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Tax & Legal • 30 NOV 2023
Better building protections for home renos flagged in Victoria
Builders who take deposits for major renovations or building projects will be heavily penalised if they don’t have the correct insurances in place, as Victoria looks...
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Tax & Legal • 30 NOV 2023
ACT launches a new planning system
Canberra has introduced a new Planning Act for the first time in 15 years, in what the government has described as “a once in a generation change”.
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Tax & Legal • 29 NOV 2023
Planning reforms put 100k-plus new homes in the radar in NSW
The amended planning laws could deliver 112,000 new homes across Greater Sydney, the Hunter, the Central Coast and the Illawarra.
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Investor Strategy • 29 NOV 2023
Will Australia’s housing targets push quantity over quality?
As the construction industry continues to flounder, two-thirds of Australians fear that building quality is set to plummet.
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Finance • 28 NOV 2023
1 in 3 Australian homes are cheaper to buy than rent
More than one-third (or 36.3 per cent) of homes across the country are cheaper to buy than they are to rent at current prices.
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Investor Strategy • 28 NOV 2023
Should landlords engage in ‘mutual agreements’ with tenants?
According to a leading real estate executive, mutual agreements can be a win-win for both landlords and tenants.
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Investor Strategy • 28 NOV 2023
Why modular housing is on the up
With the construction industry in crisis, NSW is looking towards prefabricated homes as one way to accelerate social housing.
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