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Leave property investors alone

Posted on October 23, 2013 by | 2 Comments
The esteemed Grattan Institute yesterday released its much-awaited reporting on housing policy and the need for major reform. The central recommendations focused on a re-think of investor-focused incentives like negative gearing. BY SHANNON MOLLOY Whenever property markets begin to recover after an extended lull or downturn, a number of pundits reemerge to express their concern about a so-called and looming affordability crisis. House prices are getting too high, they claim. Young people have no chance...

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