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Finance • 28 JUN 2024

Borrowers warned: ‘Start preparing for another one, if not two rate hikes’

Larger than expected increases in annual inflation figures have led an economist to warn borrowers the rate hike cycle is not yet over.

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Finance • 28 JUN 2024

Will home buyers benefit from stage 3 tax cuts?

As financial year 2023–24 draws to a close, taxpayers must consider to what degree they will benefit from the upcoming tax revisions coming into effect on 1 July.

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Tax & Legal • 27 JUN 2024

Government and strata sector make big moves to clean up act

A recent scandal involving one of the nation’s biggest strata management firms has led the NSW government as well as the industry’s advocacy body to mandate a change...

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Finance • 27 JUN 2024

Profitability of resales hits 14-year high

Ever rising home values and persistently high mortgage rates have been influential in this first quarter’s Australian property resales achieving the highest rate of...

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Tax & Legal • 27 JUN 2024

ACT cracks down on landlord loophole being used to raise rents

New legislation that has just passed Parliament in the ACT will tighten the territory’s regulation of rental increases.

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Tax & Legal • 26 JUN 2024

Tasmania puts pets front-and-centre of new rental proposals

The Tasmanian government has announced a series of changes to tenancy laws to fulfil its election cycle promises.

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Investor Strategy • 26 JUN 2024

Which suburb is set to see the biggest property price growth this winter?

With culture, cafes and commerce, this area is attracting buyers in droves.

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Investor Strategy • 26 JUN 2024

Would you pay $2m for a concrete slab?

In Melbourne’s blue-chip suburbs, buyers are prepared to fork out big bucks for semi-vacant land.

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Tax & Legal • 26 JUN 2024

ACT home buyers to save thousands on stamp duty

The 2024–25 budget handed down by the ACT government on 25 June has substantially changed the territory’s home buyer stamp duty concession scheme.

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Investor Strategy • 25 JUN 2024

Foreign buying climbs 27% – why overseas investors are back in force

A substantial jump in foreign property purchases indicates that Australia is once again being eyed for its property prospects. So what and where are they buying?