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Finance • 17 JUN 2015

Stamp duty increases 695%

Property buyers around Australia have suffered colossal increases in stamp duty over the past two decades.

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Hotspots • 17 JUN 2015

Investor crackdown a ‘failure’

Recent attempts by regulators and the banks to put the brakes on investor activity have failed, with harsher measures on the horizon as a result, according to a market...

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Finance • 16 JUN 2015

Next rate movement will be up: experts

Despite continuing speculation that the Reserve Bank could cut rates again later this year, most commentators believe the cash rate is set to rise.

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Tax & Legal • 15 JUN 2015

Negative gearing cuts ‘dangerous’

A political plan to scrap negative gearing has been slammed as a misleading and ill-conceived policy that would hurt poorer Australians.

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Hotspots • 15 JUN 2015

Top 5 buyers’ and sellers’ markets

A new analysis of Australia's property market conditions has revealed the five regions that most favour vendors and those where buyers hold the power.

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Hotspots • 12 JUN 2015

Australia in property bubble: 1 in 3 investors

More than 30 per cent of investors believe the country is in the midst of a property bubble, despite a clear majority saying now is still a good time to buy, according...

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Hotspots • 12 JUN 2015

Disaster warning for Queensland investors

Lawyers are warning property owners in Queensland to double-check their insurance ahead of the storm season or risk being left with a pile of rubble.

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Hotspots • 10 JUN 2015

Bank gets tough on investment in NSW

Lenders are continuing to make moves to crack down on investor activity, with more restrictions coming into play from today.

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Tax & Legal • 09 JUN 2015

Political party seeks abolition of negative gearing

One of Australia’s political parties has announced it will push for an end to the “fundamentally unfair” negative gearing policy in Australia.

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Tax & Legal • 05 JUN 2015

Investors ‘under-claiming’ at tax time

The ATO may have warned that it’s targeting property investors this year, but property owners could in fact be missing out on a number of deductions.

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