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'Crazy' GST rules will rock industry: developers
Proposals to shift responsibility of accounting for billions of dollars in annual GST from property developers to purchasers has been attacked by construction chiefs, lawyers and developers.
Duncan Hughes writes on Real Estate specialising in Commercial, Residential. Duncan is based in our Melbourne newsroom.
Proposals to shift responsibility of accounting for billions of dollars in annual GST from property developers to purchasers has been attacked by construction chiefs, lawyers and developers.
Investors face losing generous tax incentives and depreciation allowances, tougher loans, falling rents and rising supply.
ANZ will offer incentives for property borrowers to switch from interest-only loans, raise minimum deposits and impose more conditions, in a bid to dampen investor demand.
Christopher and Fiona Marsh plan to use tax breaks announced in the budget to downsize to a luxury apartment.
Suburbs that major banks don't lend to will be a natural watch for APRA if they are allowed to control the non-ADI sector.
ANZ Banking Group is warning about 'unacceptable' securities being issued to property buyers by developers attempting to side-step strict pl...
Lucrative incentives offered by developers to sell property could be under threat because of changes to depreciation rules introduced by the...
NAB is slugging interest-only owner occupier and residential property investors up to 50 basis points, but has cut rates for some.
Record numbers of Australian households face mortgage stress as large loans and rising interest rates start to bite.
A Canberra investor leasing her property to Defence Housing Australia claims the rent she is receiving continues to fall despite a booming m...
Hairdressers and football clubs are sharing in nearly $70 million in commissions paid by lenders for promoting their mortgages to potential ...
Westpac Group, Adelaide Bank and major lending networks continue to pile on the pain for property buyers.
Minor car crashes are being staged to steal identities that are then used to set up fraudulent bank accounts, credit cards and mortgages.
Red hot markets mean owners of coveted properties can "rip up the real estate rulebook" and delay selling their house before finding another...
Mortgage brokers have slammed proposed reforms of the $1.5 trillion home loan market as poorly researched, radical and lacking strategic ins...
ME Bank, which is owned by 29 industry funds, will ban investor home loans and interest-only loans with a loan to value ratio of more than 9...
National Australia Bank is pushing through another rate rise, this time an increase of up to 40 basis points to its fixed-rate mortgages.
If you're a blue chip customer borrower, there's never been a better time to negotiate a home loan.
Tough property markets and tight lending terms could put a demolition ball through overstretched investors' property portfolios.
Marc Cuscino, 26, lives at home and has three investment properties worth about $1.5 million. He isn't worried about APRA.
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