May 31, 2024
5 Ideas to Boost Your Property Value
There are many reasons to consider renovating, from making your property more liveable to driving up its market value and increasing the rental income if
Property Development
May 31, 2024
End of Financial Year (EOFY) Tax Tips for Investors
Tax time. Nobody hears those words and thinks, “yay, it is the most wonderful time of the year!” But tax time can be rewarding, especially
July 4, 2022
Global supply chain chaos means rise and fall clauses are all the rage in building development contracts
It’s hard to remember a time when building costs were less stable than they are currently, which makes the rise and fall clause in building contracts red hot right now.
November 7, 2019
Apartment shortage looms amid marketed dwelling slump
With no pipeline of new dwellings being constructed, the volume of apartments being marketed has nearly halved over the past 12 months.
April 18, 2019
Developers are upping commissions to get new apartment sales going
Financial advisors and mortgage brokers are being offered big commissions – up to 30 per cent bigger than last year – to sell completed apartments during the downturn.
February 28, 2019
Property investors deterred by Labor’s proposed tax changes: survey
The Property Council of Australia has commissioned a Newgate poll that has found Labor’s proposed negative gearing changes will discourage property investors.
October 9, 2018
Should wealthy property investors be excluded from negative gearing tax deductions?
A report earlier this year by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) says $1.7 billion could be saved if negative gearing tax laws were changed.
September 20, 2018
Tips to review your finances and maximise property investment returns
It’s a challenging environment for property investors – prices are falling, rates are rising, rental property is in oversupply and auction clearance rates are low.
May 29, 2018
Regulations kick in as foreign property investment takes a tumble
Tighter regulations on foreign buyers of Australian residential property are starting to put the clamps on overseas investment.
April 20, 2018
Non-CBD office property in Melbourne topping investors’ shopping lists
Office buildings that lie outside Melbourne’s CBD are set to show strong price growth and are significantly undervalued according to a new office market report.