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Whats happening with Vacant Land Sales?
- November 21, 2013
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Budget, Enconomy, Finance News, Financial goals, House prices, Stamp Duty, Wealth
No CommentsSo what is happening with vacant land sales across urban Queensland? You don’t read a lot about the land market these days – it’ all houses this & apartments that. So are land sales heading north? In what direction are land prices going? Have house & land package prices increased? What about lot sizes –
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Credit conditions restricting construction
- November 21, 2013
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Enconomy, Finance News, Financial goals, House prices, Inflation, Rental Growth, Stamp Duty, Wealth
Tight credit conditions and significant tax and regulatory burdens are hindering new home construction. The availability of financing for residential development is lower now than before the GFC. If you’re a small or medium-sized residential developer or builder, it’s substantially more difficult to get projects financed now than it was a few years ago. Part
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Stamp duty reform overdue
- November 15, 2012
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Enconomy, Finance News, Financial goals, Stamp Duty
State and territory governments must reform stamp duty if housing affordability is to be addressed. Stamp duty has long been identified as the most inefficient of all state taxes. Stamp duty represents additional costs to property transactions, thereby discouraging housing turnover and distorting choices between renting and buying and between moving house and renovating. Each