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The other housing tax no one’s talking about this election
Negative gearing and capital gains tax arrangements are off the table, but there’s another tax reform that could improve housing affordability over time.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Analysis
Australia votes
Will first home buyers be better off using the Liberal or Labor low-deposit schemes?
First home buyers are being offered a chance to buy a home on a low deposit through a Coalition program. Labor will match it and offer its own, where it co-purchases with the buyer. Which is better?
- by Elizabeth Redman
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The other housing tax no one’s talking about this election
Negative gearing and capital gains tax arrangements are off the table, but there’s another tax reform that could improve housing affordability over time.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Will first home buyers be better off using the Liberal or Labor low-deposit schemes?
First home buyers are being offered a chance to buy a home on a low deposit through a Coalition program. Labor will match it and offer its own, where it co-purchases with the buyer. Which is better?
- by Elizabeth Redman
Socialite Di Maloney dives into Tamarama for $29 million
Socialite Di Maloney owns one of Point Piper’s prized trophy homes, so her recent purchase in Tamarama for $29.2 million will no doubt excite Double Bay agents hungry for top-end listings.
- by Lucy Macken
Sydney upsizers face record gap between unit and house prices
More than $794,000 now separates the harbour city’s median house price of almost $1,591,000 and unit price of about $796,500.
- by Kate Burke
Young couple upgrade, pay $2.15 million for Brunswick bungalow at auction
Three bidders fought it out for a renovated home off Lygon Street which sold above expectations, but the agent said the scale of inquiries seen last year has subsided.
- by Melissa Heagney
Reiki practitioner drops $2.54 million on first home in East Ryde at auction
The first home buyer outbid wary upgraders with quick and aggressive bidding the entire auction, although a home like this could have sold for $2.7 million two months ago.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Melbourne suburbs where it’s easier to upgrade from a unit to a house
Some Melbourne suburbs offer a better chance for people to upgrade from a unit to a house, while others make it almost impossible, analysis of data shows.
- by Melissa Heagney
Alan Joyce lands $19 million Mosman digs
Qantas jets are back in the air and the share price is slowly ticking upwards: must be time for the boss to trade up his Sydney real estate.
- by Lucy Macken
Enduring materials make a memorable mausoleum
The Plaza of the Holy Angels is a beautifully conceived mausoleum.
- by Stephen Crafti
St Vincent’s Hospital hopes for healthy return from deceased estate
The operator of St Vincent’s Hospital is hoping to cash in on the tail end of the Sydney housing boom by listing a row of five Victorian terraces in Darlinghurst.
- by Lucy Macken
Fairfax flips $15m Vaucluse house after DA approval next door
Just a year after he and wife Kate bought a Spanish mission-style house for $14.95 million, they have put it back up for sale without moving in.
- by Lucy Macken
From Chidlow to Tuart Hill, these are the top 10 Perth suburbs heating up this winter
A new report has identified 10 Perth suburbs that are heating up despite inflationary pressures and rising interest rates.
- by Sarah Brookes
It now takes more than a decade to save a home deposit
Housing affordability has worsened by every measure since the start of the pandemic, according to new research, and is unlikely to improve as interest rates rise.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Roy Medich buys historic Berrima farm from tech investor for $50m
Roy Medich has paid almost $50 million for the historic Mereworth property, making tech investor Peter Crown a $19.5 million capital gain in one week.
- by Lucy Macken
Should you still sell at auction in a cooling market?
Fewer homes are selling under the hammer as greater choice reduces competition on the auction floor, and the premium prices house hunters are prepared to pay.
- by Kate Burke
High hopes: The humble Queenslander with plans to see the world
The owners of an inner-city Queenslander surrounded by other houses and apartments have lofty ambitions for their extension.
- by Sean Parnell
The best cities in the world to work from home
Sea-changers have been rushing to Byron Bay and the Mornington Peninsula for two years, but for true remote workers, there might be an even better option further afield.
- by Elizabeth Redman
The Perth councils with homes selling at a loss, despite property boom
Property prices have soared but in a handful of neighbourhoods, homes are selling for less than the price they previously fetched.
- by Sarah Brookes
How long does it take for a rate rise to hit the housing market?
Experts say the historic lag between an interest rate change and its effect on the market is shortening.
- by Kate Burke
Downturn? What downturn? Rich get richer from soaring trophy home values
Sydney’s ultra-rich citizenry has often been accused of living in a parallel universe to the rest of us, and when it comes to their housing market that is certainly true.
- by Lucy Macken