One of the proposed changes we could see if Labor wins power at the next federal election is to negative gearing legislation; with talk around restricting the tax incentive to investors purchasing new dwellings only, leaving established dwelling investors out in the cold. Current and previous political leaders have already managed to curb enthusiasm for […]

What do you do when you’ve got a very busy agenda, a very ambiguous economic climate (not just your own but the whole world’s!) and a very ‘iffy’ political arena in which to play…and you just so happen to be in charge of official interest rates? Oh, then there’s the threat of a double dissolution […]

Landlords have traditionally been the wielders of power in Australia’s residential rental landscape. There’s always been a rather deep pool of tenants and of course we’ve enjoyed a relatively high rate of home ownership when compared to property investment activity. Of course that all got turned on its head recently, as affordability barriers saw the […]

Property is a lucrative industry. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Housing Price Index for 2015, the value of residential dwellings at the end of the December quarter was $5,885,967.2 million. And that’s not a typo! There’s been much ado made of our housing markets since the favourable interest rate environment began roping a […]