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The locations most favoured by investors are among the worst-performing markets in Australia, despite repeated warnings. New South Wales earned almost $9 billion from stamp duty this year but has offered no relief to first-home buyers and others in the Sydney market. Rich Harvey, a member of the Hotspotting Panel of Partners, has been named Buyers' Agent of the Year 2016 at the Real Estate Business awards. Major landers are asking investors for larger deposits and offering interest rate discounts to steer borrowers towards Principal & Interest loans. A cynical cash grab by state governments will reduce dwelling supply and make housing affordability worse by deterring foreign investors. Rising sales activity on the Gold Coast is now translating into strong price growth in key markets, but investors are urged to steer clear of the high-rise unit sector. Leading property analyst Scott Keck says Australian housing values are underpinned by high levels of equity and talk of a bubble is wide of the mark. PIPA, which represents property investors, says Labor's taxation policies are flawed and based on assumptions that are "dangerously misleading". It says serious research modeling is needed to determine whether the proposed changes will achieve the outcomes claimed by the ALP. Incomes have risen and loan repayments have fallen, creating the best affordability situation in Australia in three years, according to the latest quarterly index published by Adelaide Bank and the REIA. Media loves to portray housing as beyond the reach of young buyers, but all the available evidence suggests home ownership is attainable - and indeed, in some respects, easier than it was for previous generations.
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