Budget Babblings: The Property Window is About to Slam Shut
Every Budget season, Canberra rolls out the same performance. A politician says “housing affordability” seventeen times. The media panics. Some bloke on Facebook who owns half a duplex in Logan suddenly becomes Australia’s leading economist. Most of it is noise. This time though? It’s real. The government has now confirmed that from July 2027, negative gearing on established properties will be removed for new investors. And if you think that won’t completely reshape investor behaviour over the next 12 months you’re kidding yourself. The Government Has Picked [...]
