Property market
Australia has 13 million spare bedrooms. Is there a better use for them?
A combination of factors is preventing empty nesters from downsizing, doing little to help alleviate housing affordability and free up homes for growing families.
- by Tawar Razaghi
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Opinion
Stamp duty
Stamp tax debate: Victoria faces a great property tax opportunity
With just over five months until Victorians go to the polls, now is the time for our major parties to leverage the momentum for real tax reform.
- by Danni Hunter
Sydney and Melbourne have ‘absolutely turned into buyers’ markets’
Properties are taking longer to sell and with bigger discounts, as vendors struggle to get a deal done in the same frantic fashion as last year.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Why this one-bedroom ‘garage house’ in the Perth Hills hit the market for $700k
In a sign that the Perth property market hasn’t lost any momentum, a tiny wooden home was listed this week with a price tag well above the median value.
- by Sarah Brookes
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NSW budget
NSW to phase out stamp duty, introduce land tax
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s long-held goal to overhaul stamp duty will be a key part of this month’s budget.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Stamp duty
Stamp duty reform on table as Chalmers backs states’ property tax talks
A radical overhaul of property taxes – including the possible phasing out of stamp duty – will be discussed at a meeting of state treasurers next month.
- by Josh Gordon
Opinion
Interest rates
Our Bondi pad: A snapshot of generational betrayal as it sells for seven times what we paid
The consumer price index fails to account for the biggest factor affecting most Australians’ material decisions.
- by Malcolm Knox
‘A very clear jolt’: Why house prices are tipped to fall even further
May’s auction clearance rates dropped below 60 per cent in Sydney and Melbourne, and below 70 per cent in other capitals, showing the property market is weakening.
- by Melissa Heagney
NSW takes extra $5b from property price explosion amid pandemic
Rising house prices fuel surge in stamp duty revenue, but economists call for the tax on property transactions to be abolished.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Title Deeds
Dreaming of Sydney’s top-end housing market? You might have already made it
If you already own in the eastern suburbs, Strathfield or north shore then there’s a good chance you won’t need to trade up to rank among Sydney’s top 2 per cent of homes.
- by Lucy Macken
Rupert Murdoch’s nephew Michael Kantor sells Armadale mansion for about $24 million
The landmark home once owned by logistics boss Paul Little and later art dealer Rod Menzies sold in a private auction on Thursday night.
- by Elizabeth Redman