James Kirby
Wealth Editor at The Australian
Wealth Editor, The Australian. Talker on TV and Radio. Host of the Money Puzzle podcast. Unlikely cricket fan
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1 week ago |
stockhead.com.au | James Kirby
For investors it is now almost certain the first big battle in the new parliament will be over tax – specifically the extraordinary plan to tax unrealised gains in super. “People are only beginning to realise what’s going on here,” says fund manager Geoff Wilson. Wilson, who runs Wilson Asset Management, led the investor campaign against attempts to cut the benefits of franked dividends in 2016. Now he has a new battle on his hands.
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2 weeks ago |
stockhead.com.au | James Kirby
As the possibility of a minority government looms, a plan from the Greens to scrap tax breaks in property is set to drive investors out of the market and lift rental costs. The AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute) has done a deep dive into the residential market, where vacancy rates continue to hover near a record low of 1 per cent.
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2 weeks ago |
stockhead.com.au | James Kirby
Sliding interest rates and a volatile sharemarket are combining to underpin a major shift back into residential property by Australian investors. Investor loan growth is now regularly outstripping owner-occupier numbers. The revival across the residential sector has yet to emerge clearly from official statistics,which are only published quarterly. But key data collected by Loan Market, the nation’s biggest loan aggregator, shows residential lending is rebounding.
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3 weeks ago |
stockhead.com.au | James Kirby
With the government intent on reintroducing the new super tax in a redrawn parliament, the options are thinning out for Treasurer Jim Chalmers. After hitting a brickwall in the current parliament with the plan – which is based on taxing unrealised gains – the government has explored options in a recent Treasury paper, including an alternative based on a deeming rate.
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4 weeks ago |
stockhead.com.au | James Kirby
The Albanese government’s decision to allow anyone buying a first home to do so with a 5 per cent deposit is set to inject a wave of unprecedented risk into an already expensive housing market. First-home buyers with a stake of just 5 per cent in their home – new or old – will hang by a thread if the market goes off the rails. Any jump in mortgage rates or downturn in house prices will immediately expose a new generation of buyers to financial stress.
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Cripes ! Archive today …how on earth? (And yes,sure, it’s an aggressive strategy …as the lawyer says in the story.But it’s worth knowing about surely)
https://t.co/ufIq13OcdC This is dicey option. @kirby_journo Most self funded retirees dont spend because they need to afford the massives gaps in medical costs. @AusCathSuper
