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Taxes are impeding supply according to James Limnios.

Tax, not supply behind housing crisis: Expert slams $45b property grab

Up to half the cost of building a new house in Australia is made up of property taxes. That must change says this property commentator.

  • Sarah Brookes

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Stamp duty costs home buyers thousands.

The hidden housing cost that just got even more expensive

Home buyers would face an extra cost of tens of thousands on the typical house in the capital cities, calculations show.

  • Elizabeth Redman

Melbourne’s growing stamp duty headache

Stamp duty should be phased out and replaced with a residential land tax over the next 30 years, Infrastructure Victoria says in a new report.

  • Adam Carey
The sharp increase in apartment supply in Melbourne over the past five years has dampened price growth according to CoreLogic.

Victorian housing plan a bust without tax reform, say industry experts

Melbourne’s supply of new apartments has collapsed beneath the weight of labor shortages, material costs and state government taxes and levies.

  • Chip Le Grand
Real estate groups have welcomed WA Labor’s pledge to raise the stamp duty exemption threshold.

Is it time for the WA government to axe stamp duty to get people moving?

With many potential downsizers living in sought after family-sized homes simply too big for their needs is it time to ditch the tax on buying property in Perth?

  • Sarah Brookes
WA’s stamp duty exemption threshold has barely increased in the past decade.

The Australian dream is a pipe dream under WA’s housing policies

A search of online listings showed seven standalone homes in the greater Perth region were for less than the proposed threshold. Seven.

  • Connor McGoverne
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First home buyers can access the federal government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme and the low-deposit First Home Guarantee to help purchase a property.

How a tax you rarely pay is slowing the property market

Economists say the tax raises the barrier to entry for first home buyers who are trying to get into the market and discourages empty nesters from downsizing.

  • Jim Malo
Wentworth independent Allegra Spender says tax reform would be important in a hung parliament.

Solve decades of political ‘stuff-ups’ with hung parliament: Spender

Independent MP Allegra Spender says 20 years of policy inaction have left Australia with poor housing and tax systems, but sees a way to fixing them.

  • Shane Wright
Australia’s economic outlook remains weak with the housing sector likely to weigh on the economy.

You thought 2024 was tough. IMF warns of more troubles ahead

Both the IMF and Deloitte Access Economics are warning the new economic year is unlikely to be much better than the current one.

  • Shane Wright
Premier Jacinta Allan is seeking to boost supply and ease the housing crisis.

How Victoria’s housing shake-up will affect property prices

Premier Jacinta Allan wants to upend the housing market by fast-tracking high-rise apartment buildings across the suburbs and slashing stamp duty for off-the-plan apartments, units and townhouses – but will it work?

  • Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody

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