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First Home Buyers Climb Housing Ladder with Negatively Geared Property

By Kristie Kwok on 20 Feb 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Recent survey results suggest a number of first home buyers are using property negative gearing to enter the housing market. This news comes after AMP Capital’s chief economist Shane Oliver recently encouraged first time buyers to consider negative gearing as a strategy to buy their first property ...

Where You Live Matters: The Impact on Health and Behaviour

By Kristie Kwok on 19 Feb 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Recent survey results released by Digital Finance Analytics suggest that in the urban cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, those wishing to get on the housing ladder consider traditional requirements such as commute times, local shopping and access to sporting facilities less important now than in 2010 ...

Arguing the Case that there is Currently Affordable Housing in Australia

By Kristie Kwok on 13 Feb 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

The debate around housing affordability has been hotly contested with no clear winner. Part of the problem is that housing affordability means different things to different people. Central to the concept is a person’s ability to pay for their dwelling; if we start from this basic premise, then there is evidence that housing in Australia is affordable ...

Movement in the Australian Interest Rate Could Happen Soon

By Kristie Kwok on 12 Feb 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

There is widespread speculation that a movement in the Australian interest rate will happen soon. But which direction will it go? Opinions vary - those worried about unemployment favour a rate cut while others focused on curtailing inflation back an interest rate rise ...

Will the Low Australian Dollar Drive House Prices Up Even Further?

By Kristie Kwok on 6 Feb 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Rising unemployment could lead to another interest rate cut and lower the value of the Australian dollar further, making local properties even more attractive to foreign investors. The current Australian dollar value has already hit a 3.5 year low against the US dollar ...

Is Negative Gearing to Blame for First Home Buyers’ Woes?

By Kristie Kwok on 5 Feb 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

The ABS Housing Finance data for November showed that first time buyer loan commitments fell to a fresh low of 12.3 per cent, while investor loan commitments experienced further growth. With first time buyers clearly struggling, many are holding the availability of negative gearing of investment property responsible ...

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