Source: Domain.com.au
Sick of housemates? On a budget? No plans to reproduce? Perhaps it’s time to forget sharing and branch out on your own.
Studios, lofts, shacks and one-bedroom apartments have serviced the needs of the solitary for many years. Read more
Source: http://www.apimagazine.com.au/property-investment/national-incentives
A fantastic article by Ian Ugarte of “Small Is The New Big” fame on tax and government incentives to provide affordable housing. We will be meeting with Ian Ugarte next month to discuss his mission to deliver 1,000,000 micro apartments in the next 10 years.
“As the Australian population continues to increase, so too does market pressure to provide appropriate and affordable accommodation. Governments across all levels, Federal, State and Local, and are offering the private market great incentives to help address the housing shortage.
Effectively, they are saying that if “you build this style of accommodation we will give you financial reward and, we will give you tax and time approval exemptions.”
A very informative article written by John Gilmovich, Director of Real Property Manager
Housing affordability especially in high price and population growth suburbs like Sydney’s Inner City and Inner West has become a serious and growing problem. Read more
Written by: Frank Days
Source: https:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/big-australia-equals-opportunity-frank-days/
For the past 18 months I have been writing about my concerns around the governments interference with the investment property space. It was apparent to me that making it harder and harder to attain finance, less and less appealing from a tax benefit perspective, and killing the Golden Goose (foreign investment) was going to create massive housing issues in the future.
Now we add the “Big Australia” agenda into the mix as well, disaster looms for all those not prepared.
Written by: Frank Days
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/affordable-rentals-becoming-real-issue-frank-days/
Affordable rentals is the latest fall out of the governments interference into the free market by detracting offshore and mum and dad investors with new legislation and regulatory requirements. And we are only seeing the beginning.