For many, buying and selling a home is a ‘Catch-22’; most homeowners have to sell in order to have the money to buy their next home, but many don’t want to sell until they find the home they want to buy. The ideal scenario when selling your home, is to find a property to buy,.

After the location and size of the property, what other features are home buyers currently looking for? Obviously, many features will depend on individual lifestyle choices and preferences. However, we are seeing some changing trends in today’s economic climate and general modern lifestyles. If you’re thinking about making some changes with a view to selling.

We recently reported on the potential changes to stamp duty for first time home buyers, which would see significant increases to the threshold. These came into play on Saturday 1 July, with the threshold for stamp duty exemptions increasing from $650,000 to $800,000 and the threshold for stamp duty concessions rising from $800,000 to $1.

Although a bill was passed late last year to give first home buyers the option to pay an annual land tax instead of stamp duty on properties up to $1.5 million, this is expected to be abolished and be replaced with increased stamp duty exemptions instead. Instigated by the then Liberal government, under the First.

While buying a property with a tenant in place may not be ideal if you are thinking of residing in the property, it may have some advantages if you are buying the property for investment purposes. For starters, you have a guaranteed income the moment you exchange, so you won’t be spending time or money.

Newcastle and the surrounding areas have been undergoing a lot of regeneration over the past few years, and there are many great housing developments still in the pipeline. If you’re thinking of a change of scene and/or lifestyle, many of these new developments offer some great opportunities. However, there are other factors you may want.

Home buyers were potentially among the winners in last month’s the Federal Budget. Keen to address housing affordability through increasing supply as well as encouraging institutional investment, the government announced a range of measures which included removing tax barriers to residential development projects. Plus, it confirmed a number of schemes that pre-dated the budget are.

As part of the 2022-23 Budget, the NSW Government announced that eligible first home buyers will have the choice of a smaller annual property payment (ongoing land tax) or a traditional upfront payment (stamp duty) for properties with a purchase price of up to $1.5 million. Legislation recently introduced to parliament proposed first home buyers.

There’s no hiding from the seemingly grim headlines at the moment; the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its cash rate yet again this month to 25 basis points to 2.6%, and CoreLogic reported a further fall in housing values through the first month of spring, with the national Home Value Index (HVI) recording a.

As part of the 2022-2023 NSW Budget, the Government announced a new $2.8 billion housing package to benefit first home buyers, regional residents and communities across New South Wales. This included $728.6 million over four years to introduce an option for first home buyers; as of 16 January 2023, first home buyers will have the.