WA Today Perth’s historic low of available rental properties could instantly increase by 53 per cent if investors bought and rented 1600 apartments for sale in some of the city’s most attractive suburbs. That was the message at an industry event hosted by the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA on Wednesday. Perth’s rental vacancy […]
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Business News Industry and government are using planning initiatives and design to take the heat out of infill development in Perth’s suburbs. WESTERN Australia is home to one of the largest suburban sprawls in the country, with residential housing lining more than 150 kilometres of coastline between Mandurah and Two Rocks. But the economic and […]
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NEGATIVE GEARING HAS AGAIN LEAPT INTO THE PUBLIC DEBATE AND ECHOES MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE MID-1980S WHEN THE ABOLITION OF THE TAX DEDUCTION WAS CONSIDERED BY THE HAWKE GOVERNMENT, ONLY MONTHS AFTER IT WAS INTRODUCED. The Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 was varied in 1985 to quarantine all property losses from deduction against […]
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