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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

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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
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
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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
Melbourne apartment values need to rise before new projects become viable, the sector says.

Developers to cop new charge as experts warn apartment prices ‘must rise’ for towers to soar

Developers have welcomed the Allan government’s stamp duty concession but say Melbourne apartment values must rise or projects will remain financially unviable.

  • Kieran Rooney, Adam Carey and Annika Smethurst
Victoria is providing stamp duty concessions to encourage demand in units, townhouses and apartments.

Stamp duty slashed on units, apartments – but you’ll have to get in quick

Buyers of off-the-plan developments will save tens of thousands of dollars in stamp duty concessions in a 12-month plan to encourage denser developments across the suburbs.

  • Kieran Rooney
Homeownership status was found to cause a considerable discrepancy in spending habits.

Stamp-duty concessions for boomers downsizing touted to free up family homes

The property industry says Melbourne’s existing stock of housing is being underutilised. Encouraging “empty nesters” to sell could be part of the solution.

  • Josh Gordon

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