Stamp duty

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Stamp duty discourages some home owners from moving for job opportunities because the costs buying and selling a property are so large, Domain says.

How the stamp duty burden near-tripled in a generation

Stamp duty has risen faster than incomes over the past two and a half decades, slugging current home buyers with extra costs compared to a generation ago.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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Suburban Rail Loop works at Glen Waverley.

Stamp duty changes could provide Suburban Rail Loop funding stream

Victoria could be helped in its efforts to find a funding stream for Suburban Rail Loop by a decision already made on commercial properties.

  • Kieran Rooney
Shadow treasurer James Newbury.

Tax relief and home ownership at heart of opposition budget pitch, but savings lacking

Jacinta Allan “wants to be the premier who got millennials into homes”, but shadow treasurer James Newbury says taxes are killing the Australian dream.

  • Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
Taxes are impeding supply according to James Limnios.

Tax, not supply behind housing crisis: Expert slams $45b property grab

Up to half the cost of building a new house in Australia is made up of property taxes. That must change says this property commentator.

  • Sarah Brookes
Stamp duty costs home buyers thousands.

The hidden housing cost that just got even more expensive

Home buyers would face an extra cost of tens of thousands on the typical house in the capital cities, calculations show.

  • Elizabeth Redman

Melbourne’s growing stamp duty headache

Stamp duty should be phased out and replaced with a residential land tax over the next 30 years, Infrastructure Victoria says in a new report.

  • Adam Carey
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The sharp increase in apartment supply in Melbourne over the past five years has dampened price growth according to CoreLogic.

Victorian housing plan a bust without tax reform, say industry experts

Melbourne’s supply of new apartments has collapsed beneath the weight of labor shortages, material costs and state government taxes and levies.

  • Chip Le Grand
Real estate groups have welcomed WA Labor’s pledge to raise the stamp duty exemption threshold.

Is it time for the WA government to axe stamp duty to get people moving?

With many potential downsizers living in sought after family-sized homes simply too big for their needs is it time to ditch the tax on buying property in Perth?

  • Sarah Brookes
WA’s stamp duty exemption threshold has barely increased in the past decade.

The Australian dream is a pipe dream under WA’s housing policies

A search of online listings showed seven standalone homes in the greater Perth region were for less than the proposed threshold. Seven.

  • Connor McGoverne
First home buyers can access the federal government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme and the low-deposit First Home Guarantee to help purchase a property.

How a tax you rarely pay is slowing the property market

Economists say the tax raises the barrier to entry for first home buyers who are trying to get into the market and discourages empty nesters from downsizing.

  • Jim Malo