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Chalmers digs in on negative gearing advice
Treasurer Jim Chalmers again hedged when questioned if he had asked officials to model changes to tax concessions for property investors.
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- Tom McIlroy
September
PM yet to be convinced housing tax changes won’t hurt supply
The prime minister says Treasury is looking at ways to curb the use of negative gearing and capital gains tax, but it wasn’t his idea.
- Phillip Coorey
Albanese confirms negative gearing and CGT options under review
The prime minister says Treasury is looking at ways to curb their use, but refused to say whether it is at the federal government’s request.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Suddenly the RBA seems very isolated
Australia’s central bank looks neither hawk nor dove on monetary policy. It seems more of a shag on a rock in a sea of interest rate cuts.
- Warren Hogan
The $660k home that has no heating or cooling costs
Higher thermal standards make homes more comfortable and cheaper to run. And they don’t have to be that much more expensive to build.
- Michael Bleby
What you need to earn to afford a home in a capital city
Home buying remains elevated despite the median income household only being able to afford 14 per cent of homes, suggesting most purchases are by the wealthy.
- Campbell Kwan
Housing’s vicious cycle | US debate’s investor clues | Lithium rollercoaster
This week on the Chanticleer podcast, James and Anthony examine why housing is eating the economy, decipher what the presidential debate really means for investors, and explain why it’s a fascinating time for the lithium sector.
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- Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Labor has targeted the right housing supply side solutions
The key now is execution and accountability across all levels of government to give more young Australians the opportunity to share in the dream of home ownership
- The AFR View
- Exclusive
- Housing crisis
Lose ‘wedding cake’ look and build more flats: architects
Top architects including Nightingale boss Dan McKenna, Kerstin Thompson and Andrew Maynard say Victoria’s housing crisis means planning priorities must change.
- Gus McCubbing
August
Couple buys $1.8m home – and still ends up sharing with parents
Many multi-generational families want to live close to each other. But worsening affordability has reduced spending power – and that’s changing housing design.
- Michael Bleby
Greens prepared to be flexible on housing demands
The Greens say their demands to curb the CGT exemptions and negative gearing deductions are not a condition of their support for housing bills in the Senate
- Phillip Coorey
July
Trim mortgage ‘risk weights’ to help first home buyers: Barrenjoey
Barrenjoey called on APRA to allow banks to reduce mortgage “risk weightings” for first-time borrowers and for ASIC to drop HECS debt from responsible lending.
- James Eyers
Actuaries call to include family homes above $2.1m in pension test
The Actuaries Institute suggests it’s time to slay the sacred cow that is the family home.
- Michelle Bowes
How building codes are crunching affordability
Energy efficiency demands and stringent accessibility rules are increasing the cost of building homes by tens of thousands of dollars.
- James Hall
Priced out of housing, communities take over development
Easing of investment restrictions allows neighbourhood groups to finance unconventional projects that banks and institutional lenders won’t touch.
- Keith Schneider
June
Housing not so ‘impossibly unaffordable’ after all
A recent global ranking of housing affordability only considered detached house prices in Australia. When including apartments, the picture changes. A lot.
- Michael Bleby
Inflation spikes to 4pc; RBA’s housing warning; Star’s new CEO
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
‘Impossibly unaffordable’ housing a social risk: report
The level of housing price relative to incomes poses an “existential” risk and demands a rethink of urban growth boundaries, a new global report says.
- Michael Bleby
This council is mulling doubling rates for landlords
A Greens-led Melbourne council is mulling charging landlords rates four times higher than owner-occupiers to help more first home buyers into the market.
- Gus McCubbing
Apartment sales boom – in the $1 million-plus price range
Soaring materials and financing costs are making most apartment projects unviable. But there’s a niche of the development market that is booming.
- Michael Bleby