When families buy together
With affordability at its lowest level on record, first-home buyers have to think outside the square.
The home-ownership dream rarely used to feature a sibling in your bathtub and a parent on your certificate of title. But these days, first-home buyers are prepared to be flexible.
Housing affordability fell to record lows in the March quarter this [...]
Tax hurdles trip property investors
INVESTORS own around two million homes in Australia, and every year thousands claim deductions they are not entitled to and fall foul of the Australian Taxation Office.
The result can be a kindly warning or a significant fine and large interest bill.
The tax office says it is investors’ responsibility to get their tax returns right [...]
How to profit from the next property boom!!
Property investors should plan ahead in order to take advantage of the next upturn in the property cycle, according to quantity surveying firm Asset Economics.
“Property booms never last (and) neither do property busts,” the firm says in its latest newsletter.
To take advantage of the next boom, investors need to buy for long-term capital growth [...]
Investors to wait and watch
It would seem all the stars are aligned: low rates, population growth, low vacancy rates, strong rents and a shortage of housing in most capitals.
Since late 2008, the number of loans to first home buyers has substantially outweighed those to existing owner-occupiers and investors as first-time buyers rush to take advantage of the increased government [...]
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