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Hi Token Funder, I went yesterday to a presentation by Bill Zheng who has modelled the contributory components of price growth for housing and the effect of each component on the price over the last 25 years. I thought I'd share some of his thoughts with you as it was relevant to this...

Sadly what you cause is private investors forming companies to do their investing if we follow your suggestion. Just as when PAYG rates were 50% above $50K people looked to NG or become another entity such as a company to reduce their tax....so it will follow that if you remove NG for PAYG...

I don't see this and nobody has shown any evidence that NG is restricting the housing pool.The housing pool is restricted by the cost of developing and interest costs. Property is treated the same as all borrowings for investment purposes by the ATO which is consistent rather than trying to...

Where did that person move to? The economic benefit comes from the cash flow, that at some point in its movement, enabled a new dwelling to be constructed. Your argument only holds up if household size and number of houeholds remains static. In a population growth phase someone has to be...

How much of housing finance is for OO (as a %) and how much is for PI? According the the RBA it is a reasonably consistent 70% OO and 30% PI +/- a few percent. Now if it was so advantageous to invest in PI over investing by upgrading your OO property CGT free, wouldn't the capital flow to where...

Interest is a cost of business. Property "specufestors" are simply in the business of property. Companies and other structures are allowed to deduct the costs of business, including interest. Should we remove that too? Cheers Shane