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Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... interest rates that have allowed Australians to borrow more to buy more housing, which in turn, pushes costs up. Negative gearing allows them to buy additional properties which forces prices higher again. "This is a generational issue. There is now a ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... in property prices. Not to mention the Labor Party's defeat at the May elections and its proposal to limit negative gearing and halve the capital gains discount from 50% to 25%... and ScoMo's promised personal income tax largesse. As I've ...

Shock win leaves investors worse off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... cents as mortgage brokers breathed a sigh of relief and McGrath jump to 25 cents as the threat of changes to negative gearing dissipated. However, Gonzales warns there may now be several drawbacks in returning to bulk equities, such as transaction costs ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... wealth effect in the domestic economy. Not to mention the Labor Party's defeat - and its proposal to limit negative gearing and halve the capital gains discount form 50% to 25%. As I've previously discussed on this space, the property market ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
UBS has materially reduced downside risk for housing as last Saturday's elections lay to rest Labor's negative gearing plans and separately, APRA is easing its stance on mortgage lending. "The main implication of the election is the absence of expected ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... market will react positively to the election result, particularly as fears around changes to franking credits and negative gearing evaporate. She also predicts the Australian dollar will find relief, and property and housing related stocks will find ...

Negative gearing reforms not a panacea: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
Financial Standard 's latest spot poll reveals Labor's proposed changes to negative gearing will not curb the housing affordability crisis. About 56% of readers don't believe Labor's proposed reforms will improve housing affordability. ...

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... rather a portion of a suite of changes it was proposing across the wealth management board, including changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts, and reforms to family trusts. SMSFA chair Deborah Ralston said it was strange that after ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... late last year, bringing with them ongoing credit tightening and investor uncertainty over potential changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. He is joined by Industry Super Australia's chief economist Stephen Anthony, who is forecasting ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... the fall-out from the Opal building quality concerns and the prospect of a Labor government that'll limit negative gearing and halve the capital tax gains discount from 50% to 25%. Lastly, predictions of further property price falls become a self-fulfilling ...