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ATO Warns Investors

Posted on 21/06/202417/06/2024 by Laze Spasevski

The ATO (Australian Taxation Office) warns property investors it will pay close attention to their reported income and deductions this tax time. Based on official data, 90% of investors make mistakes on their tax returns. ATO assistant commissioner Rob Thomson emphasized the importance of correctly categorizing expenses related to rental properties. He said that general repairs and maintena...
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Commercial Sales Set To Rebound

Posted on 14/11/202327/10/2023 by Laze Spasevski

Commercial sales are set to rebound as transaction activity in the Australian commercial property market appears to be trending up. However, sales activity in 2023 will almost certainly be well down on last year's results. There were $29.2 billion of sales in the office, logistics & industrial, and retail sectors during 2022, according to JLL. Which is considerably higher comp...
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ATO Issues Notice to Property Investors

Posted on 12/05/202325/05/2023 by Laze Spasevski

The Australian Taxation Office or ATO, issues notice to property investors. It will scrutinize their tax returns in an effort to claw back an estimated $1.3 billion in missing taxes. In a 2020-21 sample audit conducted by ATO, an estimated $9bn of tax revenue was lost due to errors and tax avoidance. According to the ATO, the most common tax errors that property investors make are: inco...
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Inflation Expected To Fall In 2023

Posted on 18/02/202317/02/2023 by Laze Spasevski

While inflation continues to be worryingly high, it may have peaked and is expected to fall in 2023. The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest data shows that inflation rose from 6.9% in October to 7.3% in November. In early December, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) forecast that inflation would "peak at around 8%" in December. If that’s the case, inflation may already be coolin...
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Rise In Construction Costs Slowing Down

Posted on 13/02/202313/02/2023 by Laze Spasevski

Construction costs continue to rise sharply, but the worst is behind us as it appears to be slowing down. Residential construction costs rose 11.9% during 2022, after climbing 7.3% in 2021, according to CoreLogic’s Cordell Construction Cost Index (CCCI). The 2022 result was the largest annual increase on record, apart from the period impacted by the introduction of the GST. However, t...
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Rental Income Rose During 2022

Posted on 08/02/202308/02/2023 by Laze Spasevski

Rental market conditions have strongly favored property investors during 2022 as rental income rose significantly. CoreLogic has reported that the median rent for an Australia investment property increased 10.2% during the year. The city-by-city breakdown was: Brisbane4% Adelaide9% Sydney4% Perth2% Melbourne6% Hobart3% Darwin1% Canberra3% During 2022, the nation...
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Refinancing is at Record-High

Posted on 06/02/202306/02/2023 by Laze Spasevski

Refinancing activity is at record-high levels right now. According to another blog post, there are several reasons why borrowers are refinancing their home loans. The top reason is that owner-occupiers and investors alike are seeking home loans with lower interest rates as the Reserve Bank continues to raise the cash rate. Borrowers refinanced a record $19.5 billion of loans in November, the mo...
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SMEs Optimistic About the Future

Posted on 26/01/202324/01/2023 by Laze Spasevski

SMEs are cautiously optimistic about the future, according to the Australian Banking Association's Small and Medium Enterprises Lending Report. The report, which surveyed businesses throughout the country, found an increase in the average value of loans in the year to July: Small business loans rose from $2.9 million to $3.4 million Medium business loans rose from $12.7 million to $...
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Borrowers Are Refinancing Their Home Loans

Posted on 17/01/2023 by Laze Spasevski

Enormous numbers of borrowers are refinancing their home loans according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australians refinanced $17.8 billion of mortgages in October. This is not far off the record $18.6 billion of refinancing that occurred in August. It just shows that the past six months have been the six biggest months in refinancing history. Owner-occupie...
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Property Market Will Rise Again in 2023

Posted on 12/01/202312/01/2023 by Laze Spasevski

In the year to November 2022, the property market has declined but based on SQM Research forecast, it will rise again in 2023. The property market has changed significantly over the past 12 months. In the year to November 2021, the national median property price jumped 22.2%, according to CoreLogic. But in the year to November 2022, prices fell 3.2%. Some capital cities actually recor...
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