GENERAL NEWS
LOOKING to define itself on housing policy, Victoria’s Allan government will slash stamp duty on off-the-plan apartments, units and townhouses in a bid to attract demand to...
The announcements are in tandem with its ambitious Housing Statement, released a year ago, which aims for the delivery of 800,000 homes over a decade...
It said yesterday’s stamp duty concession announcement would “cut upfront costs, speed up building, and make it more affordable for everyone to buy off-the-plan”...
Premier Jacinta Allan was in North Fitzroy to trumpet the one-year stimulus, which will allow anyone buying an apartment, unit or townhouse off-the-plan to claim the concession...
Currently, first home buyers and owner-occupiers can access a stamp duty concession when they buy off-the-plan, allowing construction costs to be deducted from the sale price when...
The saved depends on how much construction has occurred. Generally, someone buying an apartment off-the-plan is likely to pay about a quarter of the stamp duty they would pay...
Melbourne’s rental market is witnessing a crushingly low vacancy of 1.67%, according to the latest PropTrack data. Only 2,100 apartments were launched for sale to the market in...
Units must be in a strata subdivision to be eligible. House and land packages or other dwellings that are not part of a strata subdivision are not eligible for the extended concession...
CoreLogic’s head of research, Eliza Owen said historic lending data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show the biggest surges in first home buyer activity have...
South Australia’s Malinauskas government announced in the middle of this year it would cut stamp duty for first home buyers who buy a new home...
50-suburb supply push
In an expansion of the government’s Activity Centre program, Premier Allan and Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny visited Middle Brighton train station on the weekend to...
Is this the right kind of supply for increasing home ownership? High-density unit development in Melbourne was common in inner-city areas throughout the 2010s, but...
For millennials having kids and seeking a family home, high rises are not traditionally a popular option – 2021 census data showed just 1.7% of one-family households resided in...
Council to Homeless Persons last week urged the Victorian government to develop at least 6,000 public and community dwellings each year for a decade to...