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The Australian Labor Party will introduce its negative gearing and capital gains tax reforms by 1 January next year should the party win the upcoming election.
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Lenders are cutting home loan rates offered to property investors in a bid to kick-start the sector after over-reaction to regulatory pressure caused sales to p…
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While there is a slight risk that large property price falls will occur, it remains very unlikely that the housing market will experience such a crash.
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Exclusive analysis for 9News has revealed the most affordable suburbs across Adelaide.
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Our resources won't last forever. They're non-renewable. The tragedy is that the proceeds, rather than being saved for a day when we no longer have commercial q…
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As the property downturn picks up steam, apartment developers are going to the wall — and our cities could soon look a lot more like Paris.
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The US central bank's decision to hold rates steady after it lowered its forecast for the world's biggest economy made it more likely the RBA would make the 50 …
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is ramping up its enforcement activities and will undertake 4,500 audits of taxpayers it considers are "high risk" because …
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First home buyers in NSW have saved almost $1 billion in stamp duty, or an average of $15,000 each, since generous concessions were introduced 18 months ago.
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Australian home prices have been falling for well over a year in average weighted terms, pulling back after a strong period of growth throughout most of the pri…
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The apartment glut in Melbourne and Sydney is adding further pain to the market as buyers struggle to finance their off-the-plan purchases.
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The AUD/USD, from a longer-term perspective, has done very little recently, trading in a thin one cent range since the start of March.
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