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If you’re a high income earner, you may soon be asked to pay an extra 15% tax on the amount of concessional contributions that exceed the $250,000 threshold.
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Victorian government's stamp duty cuts on off-the-plan apartments, units, and townhouses offer significant savings for property buyers.
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Tim is one of thousands of Aussies who are battling mortgage stress and hardship.
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The Australian Government must stop acting in the interests of US shareholders (Pearls and Irritations)
Why are wage earners and homeowners with mortgages bearing the brunt of high interest payments which certainly constrain spending and damage the retail sector,
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Australian Tax Office data shows at least 2,500 investors in Australia who own or part-own 10 or more rental properties.
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Unemployment rate in September was 4.1% – making it unlikely the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates this year.
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Warehouse investors are starting to open up their wallets again, as interest-rate cuts loom and industrial and logistics property yields stabilise.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in the process of buying a $4.3 million cliff-top home on the NSW Central Coast, where his fiancee's family is from.
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NAB CEO Andrew Irvine spoke to 3AW host Tom Elliott on Monday 14 October on topics including housing, interest rates and the economy.
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The building industry is suffering a decade-long ‘decimation’ that has ruined lives and left companies in disastrous debt.
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A new house price record of $1.14 million has been set in the sleepy coastal Queensland town of Keppel Sands.
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Home values are languishing below their peaks in a string of Perth suburbs and country towns despite the number of markets recording a million-dollar median val…
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