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My reference is mainly towards standalone dwellings. As apartments and townhouses, the growth rate is low compared to standalone houses, we…

Economists are highly unreliable.Their predictions come with their vested interest in the property market (except a very few who speak the…

Most boomer investors purchased their investment properties before their 55th birthday (i.e., 2015 or before), so they are selling at a…

Given that housing prices grew so much in the past 4 years, I am just wondering what the outlook would be for the next 10 years. Here in…

How C855 performs in dark-themed movies. Does it preserve shadow details or does it suffer from black crush?

@surfingedge, Thanks for the response. I did little bit more research on the topic and found out how it works, If you sell the PPOR…

@Mugsy, apologies for digging old thread up. when you paid the CGT on the pro-rated taxable portion of the capital gain, did you get the…

Thanks for the hint on checking hotel accomodation

We are a family with two kids, a boy aged 9 and girl aged 7, traveling to South Asia from Adelaide in March-April next year, and we're…

I got a friend who migrated to Australia recently and he is looking for a 55 inch plus TV and willing to spend up to 600 dollars. The ALDI…

Australian Universities are highly innefective in financial management. They charge very high fees from both local and international…

My Perception of consulting firms is that consulting firms promote people quicker to get a higher billing rate from the client, so yes…

Because they are both good friends and can refer me should I decide to move on from my current role. I know friend B enjoys his reduced…

Very few in IT stay in a single company to get the benefits of LS leave. I know a guy who accumulated so much LS leave and then he went on…

No, 6 weeks of annual leave is separate from PHs

Hi All, One of my friends (A) is contracting in IT and he gets 90 dollars per hour including super and works 40hr weeks. Another friend (B)…

Just to give an update to whoever was following this; We did the tax return and got about 22,200 tax refund after MLS was deducted.

Thanks, we are slowly expanding our wings :). Bali is surely in our next 3-5 major flying holidays.

Hi all, we are considering options to visit QLD with two kids (8 and 6 years). The kids love water play but not the cold water. From…

Three things; Big development projects are offshored at least 50-50 and this is driven by major employers of the sector to cut down the…

Thanks, I updated the poll option to reflect the correct MLS outcome

Thanks for the comment mate. 15 years ago, there was a time where my wife and I only had less than $4000 in the bank, and both of us…

Thanks for the input, we as a family haven't had income protection insurance and my super does not cover job loss. it covers death, TPD…

Yes, If one of us lost the job for whatever reason, then it'll become a big burden and we'll have to sell the investment property anyway.

Thanks for the link. I will have a second look as if extra super contributions are included for the purpose of MLS calculation, it will…

My wife is happy to give up our current PPOR to reduce the mortgage stress and improve the quality of life in the best time of our lives…

The 70k is already taxed at our top rate and currently sits in our bank accounts. When we put that money into super, we can claim it as a…

Actually, that's a good point there. If we put 70k in super we get back 25k, so essentially we lock out 45k which will grow within super…

It doesnt work like that. The interest can only be claimed for the lowest balance of the mortgage, which is about 240k in our case. even if…

Forgot to mention, we will get a private health cover to avoid MLS next financial year. It will be like breakeven when health insurance…