Industry Tips & Trends

Your forgiven for thinking this was about the great paper-gate of 2020. As inconvenient as the lack of supply of quality dunny paper was, I’m afraid we have bigger fish to fry. Most Australian’s biggest dreams and aspirations involve real estate. For me it was to buy my first home, buy a home to accommodate […]

Vacant land supply is currently at record lows. A severe shortage of available land has affected most of the Australian metro and regional hubs. This is land shortage is no more evident than in South East Queensland. New research predicts that Brisbane is fast running out of land and only has 2.9 years of land

Regulators have not yet started to roll out a vaccine for Australia’s other pandemic – the highly infectious love of Australian property which has caused the most dynamic and fastest growing market in over two decades. The NIA team have done the numbers and in fact have proven that Australian’s love affair with residential property

New research this week has suggested that professional property valuers valuers believe that Australian property prices will continue to soar despite home ownership being out of reach to many already. I purchased my first property for $86,000 in my early 20s when interest rates were just below 20%. Little did I know that that decision

Investing in property seems part of every Australian’s DNA. No matter where you buy, prices appear to be on a permanent skyward march with none of the unnerving fluctuations seen in other investments, such as the share market. Ask anyone over the age of fifty what their best ever investment was, and inevitably they will

Employment surprise JobKeeper was a cornerstone of Australia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. It provided millions of Australians with an ongoing income and kept thousands of businesses afloat, so when it came to an end in March expectations were that there would be a sharp spike in unemployment. One estimate was that 150,000 workers would

Although Australia doesn’t have the extreme cold of many other countries, it’s tempting to curl up under a blanket with a hot chocolate on cold and windy days. On the other hand, it would be a shame to lose the benefits of all the hard work you’ve put in during those summer months of exercise.

Greater flexibility for older Australians to boost superannuation, continued support for small business, and extra help for struggling homebuyers are key drivers in the Federal Government’s 2021 Budget, designed to steer Australia away from a pandemic recession. Retirement savings proposals Australians aged 67 to 74 will no longer need to satisfy the ‘work test’ requirements

As you start your property investing journey, you will find different opinions in every corner and an overwhelming amount of information. The secret to getting on the front foot is keeping it simple. With over twenty years of experience in the property industry, BMT Tax Depreciation has shared their top five tips for new investors.