June 20, 2024
Picking the Best Property for Subdivision
If you are looking at the idea of buying a property or land with the aim to split it into two or three blocks to
Property Development
June 17, 2024
Major Bank Gives Up Hope of Any Interest Rate Cuts Until Next Year
The ANZ has given up hope of any interest rate cuts from the Reserve Bank for the rest of the year. It is the first
May 31, 2024
The Tiny House Movement
As housing prices continue to soar, many people are increasingly considering whether to buy a tiny home to live in or as a holiday home.
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
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.