Everyone is banging on about negative gearing right now. It seems to be the pet smokescreen debate for this election year and as much as I’m loath to continue the political to-ing and fro-ing, I feel compelled to weigh in on the subject once more. Last week Waleed Aly stood on his prime time soapbox […]

Investing in property within a self managed super fund became all the rage among workers looking to shore up their financial future when limited recourse borrowing regulations were amended, making real estate assets more accessible for ‘mum and dad’ SMSF investors. Now though, the reins are being tightened for those who’ve loaned money to their […]

Reality can be a tough pill to swallow when you’ve been living in the land of low interest rates for more than two years, with financial commentators warning that borrowers lulled into a false sense of security over ‘cheap’ housing credit are facing a potentially alarming wake up call. In response to increased funding pressures, […]

We’ve all read (and some of us have written) plenty about the unprecedented levels of interest Australian real estate is currently generating among overseas property buyers. Some feel this issue has been exaggerated by a handful of scaremongering social advocates. But when you consider that selling our home grown bricks and mortar to international investors […]