Family Affair: Investor Tax Changes Spawn New Tactics

Labor’s housing tax reforms must be the beginning, not the end

Labor’s capital gains tax and negative gearing changes are a welcome start. But fixing housing will require broader tax reform.

Family affair: investor tax changes spawn new tactics

Prospective home buyers are rethinking the type of properties they want to purchase in response to changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax.

Have mainland buyers gone cold after tax and negative gearing changes?

One area increased by 240 per cent in two years.

Tax policy overhaul gives rise to 'unique' housing correction

It has taken not even two months since this year’s Federal Budget was delivered for Australia’s housing market to set a course for correction as it faces the impending impact of significant changes to tax policy, according to the latest commentary from HSBC. The latest figures for the month of June have all but confirmed that the changes related to investment properties, including negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) discounts, combined …