Chris Bowen claims Australian property "concessions" are the highest in the world, getting it wrong twice in the same sentence.
Tagged: housing affordability
Housing affordability – the deposit gap
This analysis shows the major issue with housing affordability is the time it takes to save a deposit, not negative gearing, and that mortgage repayments themselves are quite affordable by the standards of the last 23 years.
Kohler’s mistakes underline why negative gearing is threatened
One of our best economic commentators makes fundamental errors about negative gearing, the ABCC and housing prices.
Shorten in policy disarray on housing affordability and negative gearing
This morning Bill Shorten admitted on ABC Radio’s AM program that Labor’s negative gearing policy would not achieve its headline goal as a “Positive Plan to Help Housing Affordability”.
Negative gearing policy channels mining tax debacle
The Labor Party’s negative gearing policy has the potential to become a rerun of its mining tax – creating major upheaval and uncertainty but raising very little additional revenue.
