The Property Council of Australia today welcomes expanded guarantee scheme
The Property Council of Australia today warmly welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to extend the house price caps within the Home Guarantee Scheme, helping more people bridge the deposit gap. The new capital city and regional city price thresholds announced today will apply from 1 July ...
'Time to get on with it' - REIA President's blunt message following election
Real Estate Institute of Australia President Adrian Kelly believed the prospect of negative gearing changes played a "massive" role in the Coalition's upset election victory on Saturday.
"Labor's negative gearing policy would cost the budget $32 billion"
Proposals to limit negative gearing and reduce capital gains tax concessions will cost the ALP a staggering $32 billion in just 10 years, according to research by the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA).
Pipeline of home building shrinking at a "concerning rate"
If the leading dwelling construction indicators don't improve in the first half of this year, the pipeline of building work will be "exhausted at a concerning rate", according to the Housing Industry Association's (HIA) latest report.
Residential building construction to slip after $68.7 billion "all-time high"
Residential building activity is set to slow over the next few years as the housing market absorbs the record-high number of building work completed last year.
Changes to negative gearing "won't stimulate housing demand"
The ALP's proposed changes to taxation arrangements for investment properties will hit investor demand, not stimulate it, says the Property Council of Australia.
The ‘Building Up and Moving Out’ report by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and Cities makes a number of sensible recommendations which recognise the central role of Australian cities as drivers of our national economic prosperity.