Amid growing expectations of rate cuts in 2025, sticking with a variable home loan rate can seem like a no-brainer. But not so fast. Locking in your home loan rate can also have upsides, including the potential for a lower rate right now.\ Home loans come in all shapes and sizes. A common thread is...
Where will you be in 2041? Seeing as a lot of us have yet to commit to our 2025 new year’s resolution, posing a question that far into the future might be a bit of an ask. Alas, the latest population projections are in, and they show that over the next almost two decades, some...
With the year almost done and dusted, it’s time to take names and numbers and crown the winners and losers. Using CoreLogic’s Best of the Best report findings alongside PopTrack data, let’s do just that. Without further ado, here are the best and worst performing suburbs of 2024. Actually, first, a small amount of ado....
As we head towards the end of 2024, let’s take a look at how property markets performed over the last year – and discover what the experts say may lie in store for home prices in 2025. 2024 has been a year of change, with property values and market conditions shifting across many of our...
Turns out the doghouse isn’t such a bad place, after all. In a move that is drawing pawsitive response from across Australia, real estates are including “staging pets” in their property listings to boost sales. I Shih Tzu not. In Australia, 70% of households own a pet. And with almost 29 million pets in the...
Sounds like a Seinfeld bit, doesn’t it? But seriously, are they buying or bailing? Everyone’s got an opinion, depending on who you ask and what you read. This difference in opinion could be due to the fact that despite strong investment growth nationally over the past 12 months, new loan commitments have eased slightly since...
With just one RBA rate decision left for 2024, homeowners may be holding onto hopes of a summer cut. We look at when rates may start falling – and how you could possibly give yourself a rate cut before Christmas. “Are we there yet?” It’s the catch cry of kids on long summer road trips,...
Looking for something to distract you from the deluge of red, white, blue (and orange) infused news this past week? Perhaps a look at the fluctuating values of homes in some of Sydney’s most – and least – affordable locations will momentarily put a pause on the spiral. As it turns out, sustained high interest...
In a recent decision, a taxpayer’s claims for various work-related expenses were rejected by the AAT. The taxpayer was employed as a traffic controller in the 2020 income year. In his income tax return for that year he claimed $9,800 in work-related deductions, including for car expenses (using the cents per km method), travel expenses,...
The ATO has been responsible for the administration of the early release of superannuation on compassionate grounds since 1 July 2018. It will only approve a release of superannuation on compassionate grounds if the applicant meets all the conditions set out in the regulations, including that the applicant has no other means to pay the...
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