https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/firsthomeowner/activity/ Activity feed for FirstHomeOwner. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:31:50 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 ab6ed5e75a2d2a746ecd4ff6d059a1ab https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4410200-petition-bring-back-first-home-owner-grant-for-existing-dwellings/#post-4695837 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 06:39:39 +0000 Thank you all for sharing your views.  I have broadened the scope of the petition to address the possibility of stamp duty concessions for first home owners. 

]]> 40179a4db800616175d08aaf62d6c2c4 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4410200-petition-bring-back-first-home-owner-grant-for-existing-dwellings/#post-4695835 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 06:22:17 +0000 Of course, but the point remains that it is primarily investors who are being motivated by these low interest rates to sink their money into the property market.  Notwithstanding consecutive interest rate cuts there was a 57% drop in the number of home loans to NSW first-home buyers in the 12 months to the March 2013 quarter.  In other words, low…[Read more]

]]> 524da39bdd45c49f0939e3dce01ffc2c https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4410200-petition-bring-back-first-home-owner-grant-for-existing-dwellings/#post-4695833 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 05:42:53 +0000 I concede there is an argument that government incentives can (and perhaps in the past have) distorted the market such that any benefits may be wiped out.  However, and without disrespect to forum members, it seems pretty indisputable that recent record auction clearance rates and significant property value increases have been driven primarily by…[Read more]

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