Brisbane Apartment

The Queensland Government’s 2017-18 budget announced a number of key tax changes relevant to Queensland property investors. New land ta...

The Federal Government has proposed adjustments to depreciation legislation in the 2017 Budget.  Investors who purchase existing apartments...

On 31 October 2014, the Government released a discussion paper outlining the proposed design options for implementing the previously announ...

An increase in stamp duty: Increase in the transfer duty threshold from $980,000 to $1 million; rate to increase to a whopping 5.75 per cen...

My prediction for the next four months -- the Brisbane property market will continue to decline.  My reasons - (a) There is much uncertainty...

Any further financial imposts on property investors is likely to see them pull up stumps and sell their rental properties, according to th...

Australian residential property will now be less attractive to foreigners after the Federal Budget last night.  As a large number of foreign...

According to the ATO, there were 1,751,679 property investors declared to the ATO in 2009-10 - representing one in seven taxpayers - an incr...

Campbell Newman, when at Brisbane City Council, introduced the " parity factor ", in relation to rates paid to the Council by Bris...

Apartment owners in Queensland are often taxed by local councils at higher rates than those of land owners or house owners.  People are star...

Two sites with useful information for property investors: negativegearedinvestmentproperty.com.au My Tax Zone

The Henry Tax Review was released at 2.30pm today. It was expected to have an impact on property investment, but it appears that the impact...

In talking with people in the real estate industry in Brisbane recently, it seems to me that the market is relatively flat. At some open ho...