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This week brought two major economic forecasts and one uncomfortable message: Australia is stuck in the slow lane. Growth is losing momentum, but inflation is still running too hot – two key ingredients for delaying rate cuts even longer. The good news? There is a silver lining in the clouds. Here’s what happened: Australia’s bigger… Read more »
The property downturn is official … The numbers have caught up with the soft auctions and quiet open homes. Property data house Cotality’s national Home Value Index fell 0.4 per cent in June – the largest monthly fall since December 2022. Cotality now judges the market to have peaked in March. Sydney led the slide… Read more »
Your retirement nest egg is doing well. Very well … Good news for those keeping an eye on their super. Research house Rainmaker Information estimates the typical MySuper default option returned 9.3 per cent in FY26 after fees and taxes – a fourth consecutive year of gains, and above the index’s 10-year average of 7.9… Read more »
Every now and then a policy lands out of the blue and catches everyone on the hop. This week we got one. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed the government will ban self-managed super funds (SMSFs) from borrowing to buy residential property. It wasn’t in the budget, the housing industry… Read more »
EVs are everywhere now but the savings go beyond fuel … If you’ve spent any time looking at end-of-financial-year car deals lately, you’ve probably noticed two things. First, there are a lot of electric vehicles on offer now. Second, buying the car is the easy part. Once you’ve wrapped your head around things like battery… Read more »
In welcome news for investors and founders, the government has announced some positive changes to their tax reforms. First, a quick recap so the news makes sense. Back in the 12 May federal budget, the Government announced a major change to capital gains tax (CGT) – the tax you pay on the profit when you… Read more »
If you’re in the market for a new home, this will come as welcome news. After years of red-hot conditions that favoured sellers, auction clearance rates are cooling. What’s more, homes are spending longer on the market. Almost overnight it feels like the property market has swung entirely in buyers’ favour. Have a look. Early… Read more »
Imagine this: your partner of 40 years dies. As you’re reading through estate documents and riding waves of grief, you discover a secret investment property. You gulp. How could they keep something so significant from you? And why? Then another emotion rises … betrayal. Because although they didn’t have an affair, it feels like they… Read more »
It’s a question gaining interest as property investors look for opportunities outside of Australia’s housing market. With the Federal Budget’s negative gearing and capital gains tax changes (kicking in from 1 July 2027) already making some investors rethink Australian residential property, a growing number are casting their eyes across the Tasman. Why New Zealand? Ray… Read more »
As the federal budget’s housing policy changes start to sink in, the impact on the broader economy is starting to be realised. One of the best bits of property analysis I’ve read in a while comes from Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at Ray White. The federal budget’s housing measures are designed to push investor demand… Read more »
