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02/06/2026

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ.

This month weโ€™re focusing on the trending unemployment rate.
Monitoring the percentage of a market that is unemployed is a key indicator of whether the local population will be able to afford purchasing in their market.

An increasing unemployment rate can mean that the population will not be in a position to be purchasing housing, therefore decreasing demand, and ultimately softening prices. The converse is also true - a decreasing unemployment rate will mean that the population is broadly feeling more financially secure, which will increase buying demand.

The unemployment rate is just one of many metrics we use to assess short and long term price movement.

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ: 5.20%, up from 5.00% last month
๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ: 3.70%, up from 3.60% last month
๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ: 4.20%, up from 4.00% last month
๐—œ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต: 5.90%, up from 5.80% last month
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: 3.40%, unchanged from 3.40% last month
๐—•๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜†: 3.49%, up from 3.20% last month
๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป: 4.50%, up from 4.40% last month
๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต: 4.80%, up from 4.30% last month
๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ: 3.80%, up from 3.60% last month

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๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.One of the biggest misconceptions in this weekโ€™s commentary is that Australia is e...
01/06/2026

๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

One of the biggest misconceptions in this weekโ€™s commentary is that Australia is entering completely unknown territory with negative gearing reform.
Historically, that isnโ€™t true.

In July 1985, the Hawkeโ€“Keating Government removed negative gearing entirely. The policy justification at the time closely mirrors the language used throughout the current reform discussions: reducing wage-offset benefits for higher income earners and redirecting investment toward housing supply.

What followed was significant:
โ€ข Investor participation declined rapidly.
โ€ข Vacancy rates tightened across major capital cities.
โ€ข Rental prices increased sharply, rising between 17% and 31% across the capitals within two years.

The policy was ultimately reversed within 26 months after rental market pressures and cost-of-living impacts became politically difficult to sustain.

Importantly, residential property prices did not collapse during this period. Between 1985 and 1990, median house prices across the combined capitals increased by 75.59%.

Investors who maintained long-term positions participated fully in the recovery cycle. Those who exited during uncertainty generally did not.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ?
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27/05/2026

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ.

This month weโ€™re focusing on the trending Vacancy Rate (VR).

The vacancy rate monitors the balance of supply and demand in the rental market, which can be a precursor to positive or negative price growth.

An increasing VR demonstrates a surplus of supply and/or a lack of population to absorb the supply. The converse is also true - a decreasing vacancy rate signals insufficient stock that the population is rapidly absorbing. This trend will eventually make its way into the buying/selling market.

VR is just one of many metrics we use to assess short and long term price movement.

๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†: 1.97%, up from 1.10% last month
๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด: 0.96%, down from 1.40% last month
๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป: 2.14%, up from 0.40% last month
๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ: 1.20%, up from 1.10% last month
๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: 1.45%, up from 1.00% last month
๐—•๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด: 2.24%, up from 0.70% last month
๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†: 2.20%, up from 0.90% last month
๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ: 1.07%, up from 0.80% last month
๐—ช๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด: 1.10%, up from 0.40% last month

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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜ https://ap1.hubs.ly/y0WsSx0

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.One of the most common reactions from investors this week has been:โ€œIโ€™ve lost ...
25/05/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

One of the most common reactions from investors this week has been:
โ€œIโ€™ve lost the tax break.โ€

In reality, the deduction hasnโ€™t disappeared. The mechanism for using it has changed.

Under the proposed rules, losses on established residential property purchased after 1 July 2027 can still be applied in several ways:
โ€ข Offset against positively geared residential property within a portfolio
โ€ข Carried forward against future rental income once the property becomes positively geared
โ€ข Carried forward against CGT on future residential property disposals

A simple example from our research division highlights the point:

One property produces +$24,000 in income. Another records a $16,000 loss.

Under the old rules, the loss offsets salary income. Under the proposed rules, it offsets the positively geared property income instead.

Net tax outcome? Identical.

The deduction still exists. It has simply shifted from one income source to another.

For investors with a well-structured portfolio, the practical impact may be materially different from the public narrative.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜?

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ?A big thank you to everyone who joined our recent Fe...
22/05/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ?

A big thank you to everyone who joined our recent Federal Budget Webinar presented by Performance Property, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre and PGP Consulting Pty Ltd.

We also want to thank our guest speakers:
โ€ข Phillip Almeida, Co-Founder & Director of Performance Property
โ€ข ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€, Director and Co-Founder of The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
โ€ข ๐——๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, Managing Director of The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
โ€ข ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, Chartered Accountant & Business Adviser at PGP Consulting Pty Ltd

The session covered key Federal Budget announcements and what they could mean for:
โ€ข Property investors
โ€ข Lending and borrowing capacity
โ€ข Tax strategy and structuring
โ€ข Long-term wealth creation opportunities

It was a valuable discussion with great insights shared across property, finance and tax strategy.
If you missed the live session, the full webinar replay is now available on our YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/kJJNb_bj1Ao

Federal Budget 2026 has introduced a range of announcements that co...

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—š๐—ง ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด...
22/05/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—š๐—ง ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„.

Most of the conversation this week has focused on whatโ€™s changing. But several important parts of the framework remain untouched, particularly for investors with established portfolio structures.

1. SMSFs are fully excluded.
CGT inside a self-managed super fund stays at 10%.

2. New builds keep full optionality.
Investors in newly constructed residential property can choose between the 50% discount and the new indexation model at the time of sale, taking whichever produces the better outcome.

3. Carried-forward losses can offset CGT across your portfolio.
Losses accumulated through negative gearing can now be used to reduce CGT liability when selling residential property across a portfolio, not only against the specific property that generated the loss.

4. Pre-2027 gains are grandfathered.
Growth accrued before 1 July 2027 retains the 50% discount regardless of when assets are eventually sold.

Portfolio structure and asset selection matter more now than they did six months ago. Investors who understand how these rules interact may be better positioned over the long term.

Understand what these changes could mean for your strategy.
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๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—™, ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ?

21/05/2026

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ.

This month weโ€™re focusing on the trending median gross yield.

The median gross yield shows the ratio of the median rent into the median price. Tracking the relationship between these two metrics is important, because rental growth can foreshadow price growth.

An increasing median gross yield rate therefore means that rental growth is outpacing price growth. This is a positive sign, because it means that holding costs will be lower in the short-term, and price growth may be expected in the medium-term. The converse is also true - a decreasing median gross yield signals that the house price is outpacing rental growth. This can be positive for short-term price growth, however the market may have already undergone significant price growth, and may therefore have less forecasted growth.

The gross rental yield is just one of many metrics we use to assess short and long term price movement.

๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐›๐š๐ง๐ž: 3.26%, down from 3.84% last month
๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ: 3.84%, down from 4.02% last month
๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ: 3.96%, up from 3.92% last month
๐๐ž๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž: 3.36%, down from 4.38% last month
๐‡๐จ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ญ: 4.16%, down from 4.27% last month
๐‚๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ: 4.66%, down from 4.84% last month
๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž: 4.39%, down from 4.59% last month
๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š: 4.78%, down from 5.00% last month

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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜ https://ap1.hubs.ly/y0Tq3J0

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ.๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ...
21/05/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†.

We started this series to provide clear, evidence-based information around the proposed reforms, rather than reactive commentary.

So after everything discussed this week, the key question becomes: what should investors actually do next?

In our experience, successful investors are rarely the ones who perfectly time markets. They're the ones who consistently focus on the factors they can control:

โ€ข Investing in markets with strong supply and demand fundamentals
โ€ข Building a long-term strategy aligned to their goals
โ€ข Maintaining realistic debt serviceability assessments
โ€ข Holding sufficient liquidity and cash buffers
โ€ข Protecting income and risk exposure before expanding debt

COVID-19 remains one of the clearest recent examples. Investors who stayed focused on long-term fundamentals and portfolio structure were often the ones who came out strongest.

CGT reform is real. So is the long-term investment case for well-selected, supply-constrained residential property.

If you'd like to discuss your current portfolio position and what a strategy from here may look like, our advisory team is available for a consultation.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜†?

๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ค๐—ฅ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ.
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Thank you for following the series this week and for contributing to the discussion throughout.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€.How much more CGT could investors actually pay under the proposed reforms? The answer d...
20/05/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€.

How much more CGT could investors actually pay under the proposed reforms? The answer depends heavily on inflation assumptions.

Under the proposed indexation model, the property cost base is adjusted for CPI throughout the holding period before tax is calculated. Investors are taxed only on gains above that inflation-adjusted base.

For a top marginal tax rate investor holding a $1M property over 10 years at 7% annual growth:
โ€ข 1.5% CPI โ†’ effective tax rate rises from 23.8% to 39.6%
โ€ข 2.5% CPI โ†’ rises from 23.8% to 33.7%
โ€ข 3.5% CPI โ†’ rises from 23.8% to 27.3%
โ€ข 4.5% CPI โ†’ falls from 23.8% to 20.3%

At higher inflation levels, the proposed indexation model can produce lower effective tax outcomes than the current 50% CGT discount.

Australiaโ€™s CPI increased 4.6% in the 12 months to March 2026.

Our research also modelled two real transactions under the proposed framework:
โ€ข Brisbane property purchased in 2016 for $877,500 and sold for $1,755,000
โ€ข Adelaide property purchased in 2018 for $782,000 and sold for $1,520,000

Applied retrospectively to those holding periods, the proposed model would have resulted in additional CGT of:
โ€ข $76,427
โ€ข $70,935

The reforms change after-tax outcomes. They do not change the capital growth fundamentals driving long-term investment performance.

Understand what these changes could mean for your strategy.
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๐—–๐—š๐—ง ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€.๐—” ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜...
19/05/2026

๐—–๐—š๐—ง ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐—” ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด๐Ÿฑ.

The last time Australia introduced CGT, negative gearing was also removed and interest rates were at multi-decade highs. The data that followed is worth revisiting.

On 20 September 1985, the Hawke-Keating Government introduced capital gains tax in Australia for the first time while simultaneously removing negative gearing.
It represented the most severe policy environment Australian residential property investors had faced.

Despite this, market performance remained resilient.

In 1985โ€“86:
โ€ข Median house prices increased 8.78%
โ€ข Rents rose 9.62%

Across the following five years from 1985 to 1990:
โ€ข 75.59% median house price growth
โ€ข 60.35% median unit price growth
โ€ข 45.85% rent growth

Sydney recorded 90.30% house price growth, Perth 119.2%, and Brisbane 90.65%.

Compared to 1985, the proposed 2026 reforms are materially less severe. Existing gains remain protected, new build concessions remain available, and negative gearing has not been fully removed.

Policy matters, but history also provides perspective.

Understand what these changes could mean for your strategy.
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๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ?

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