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  • And Now for Housing?

    Federal Labor’s emphatic victory in this week’s election lays the foundation for the government to get on with implementing the housing policies they promised to deliver during the campaign. When asked by ABC’s 7:30 last week if the Prime Minister secretly harboured plans to review negative gearing and capital gains … Read more

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  • Fighting for Renters

    Greens’ leader Adam Bandt’s appeared at a press conference recently sporting a t-shirt claiming he was “Fighting for Renters”. The progressive-left party wants to prevent investors with more than one property from claiming the expenses of owning additional rental homes from their taxable income. They also would like to impose … Read more

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  • Housing This Election

    Housing affordability is dominating this election campaign. Higher property prices, limited supply and increasing demand have made it increasingly difficult to enter the housing market. Both major parties have proposed different policy platforms to address housing and while both recognize the need for action, their approaches differ in philosophy, scope, … Read more

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  • Shares Versus Property

    The Donald upended the global economy this week, crashing share markets here and abroad. The economic upheaval has dramatically altered interest rate expectations. Markets now anticipate an almost certain 0.50 per cent cut at the RBA meeting next month. A cut of this magnitude will benefit mortgage holders, reduce cost … Read more

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  • Election Lessons

    Is it just me, or is everyone a bit underwhelmed by looming federal election? Where is the brave, groundbreaking, socially challenging, progressive policy agendas? The recent state election was terribly underwhelming too. Not a great deal of difference between the major parties other than broad promises and, thanks to Labor’s … Read more

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  • Super Homes

    As COVID-19 rolled out across the globe, our Federal government responded by introducing various stimuli designed to keep Australians working and building homes. Building commencements spiked but the rapidly rising costs of materials and labour combined with fixed price building contracts has seen nearly 3,000 construction companies fail this year … Read more

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  • Blockchain in Real Estate

    Like a startled rabbit staring into headlights, this Gen Xer listened intently to the REIWA Trainer awaiting the lightbulb moment for clarity and understanding of what Blockchain is. Unremarkably, blockchain was simply described as a “chain of blocks”. Not that helpful to my understanding. For the benefit of others, here’s … Read more

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  • Will Rate Cuts Impact the Market?

    Economists predict there is an 80 percent chance the Reserve Bank will cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points when they meet later this month, bringing the official rate to 4.15 percent. Already, banks have moved to reduce interest rates paid on term deposits, a clear predictor of … Read more

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  • Personality or Proficiency?

    Scrolling through the listings throughout Fremantle on reiwa.com the other day, not only are there hardly any homes available for sale – only 24 that weren’t under contract – most of the stock is apartments at a ratio of 80:20. Quality detached homes are in huge demand across the entire … Read more

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  • What’s in Store for 2025?

    With Perth’s property market growth leading the nation throughout 2024 with around 24 percent growth in property values, some property commentators are predicting a slow-down in capital gains as the year progresses. Core Logic data showed Perth ahead of the rest of the nation in growth for 2024 with Brisbane … Read more

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