Tag: First-Home Buyers
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How hated taxes helped make Melbourne a beacon of housing affordability
Introduction: A shift in Melbourne’s housing story For years, Melbourne’s housing market has been viewed through a single lens: affordability. While many cities struggle with rising prices and tight rental markets, Melbourne has charted a different course. A combination of policy decisions around investor taxation, conservative lending, and targeted housing schemes helped slow price growth…
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How Hated Taxes Helped Melbourne Become a Beacon of Housing Affordability
Introduction: A controversial regime that shifted the market Melbourne has long grappled with housing affordability, but recent signals suggest the city is bucking a national trend. Economists point to Victoria’s investor tax regime as a key factor that cooled price growth and supported more attainable home ownership for first-time buyers. While taxes on investors were…
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Australia housing debate intensifies as Labor expands 5% deposit scheme
Australia housing policy under the spotlight as 5% deposit scheme expands Australia’s housing policy is once again a talking point as the federal government’s expansion of the 5% deposit scheme for first-home buyers came into effect. The move, backed by the Labor government, aims to lower the barriers to homeownership for Australians saving for a…
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Australia housing policy under Labor: deposit scheme expansion sparks debate
Introduction The Australian housing policy landscape is again under scrutiny as the federal government expands the 5 per cent deposit scheme for first‑home buyers. The move, which took effect today, aims to make it easier for Australians to enter the property market, but it has ignited a heated political debate about potential impacts on house…
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Australian housing policy sparks debate as deposit scheme expansion draws scrutiny
US government shutdown looms as funding talks stall Across the Pacific, American politics dominates headlines as the US moves toward a possible government shutdown amid funding negotiations. While Australia’s policy conversations focus on housing, the unfolding impasse in Washington underscores how fiscal and political pressures can ripple across markets and policymaking. In Australia, observers are…