Australia has followed the international trend of penalising foreign owners of Australian residential property who keep their property vacant for extended periods of time. Last month Parliament [...]

Why ‘property flipping’ is the next ATO target The tax law does not allow you to ‘flip’ a property tax-free even if you are living in it. [...]

Things are looking up for first home buyers for the first time in years as house price growth begins to slow across the country. While prices have [...]

Owning your own home has long been the Australian dream but after years of strong house price growth it’s becoming less of a reality for many. This [...]

In the 2017-18 Federal Budget the Government announced a series of measures intended to improve housing affordability in Australia. To entice investors, the Government is providing an [...]

Interest rates have been low for so long it’s tempting to think low rates are the new normal. So when the Reserve Bank suggests that a cash [...]

How have property prices fared over the last 12 months? Which way is the market headed? Here, we take a quick look at the current state of [...]

The Federal Budget announced that non-residents will no longer be able to access the main residence exemption for Capital Gains Tax (CGT) purposes from 9 May 2017 [...]