Property Investment News | Australia

As more buyers choose to wait on the sidelines due to rate rises and tax reforms, those in the smaller capitals can look to alternative property types and specific price points for golden opportunities.

A $16.57 million creditor fallout has exposed deep concerns over buyer’s agent guarantees, licensing standards, and upfront fees, prompting fresh calls for industry-wide reform.

Australians have increasingly abandoned their property-investing, buying, or upgrading goals as an affordability squeeze and recent tax reforms make the traditional pathway less viable.

The decision to ban future borrowing for residential property inside SMSFs is facing mounting industry backlash, with experts warning that the move will disproportionately impact ordinary investors while doing little to address housing affordability.

Australians will no longer be able to borrow through their SMSFs to purchase residential property under a major policy concession struck between Labor and the Greens, the Prime Minister's office has confirmed.