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I assume that if you have longer to pay the loan off you can increase the amount as the monthly repayments are smaller?

I forgot to actually address this. It would be interesting to see statistics on what is preventing non-owners from buying. Lets take a statistic of 30% of households not owning their home. What is the percentage of households renting as a lifestyle choice? They can afford to buy, but choose...

I think there is still a problem that if we're talking about affordability, we are (or at least should be) talking about the lower end (price wise) of the housing market. I believe abolishing negative gearing (existing properties or all), will not significantly, if at all, reduce property prices...

I'm not sure what people really mean when they say they want to abolish negative gearing. Do they mean removing the ability for people to offset investment losses against their PAYG income? I guess this might make some sense, but all it really means is that instead of this tax incentive being...