Buy in haste and you will repent at leisure

Karl Deeter Talking Finance: With the CGT waiver under threat, investors are bidding high. But are sharp price rises in the sector a good thing?

A vibrant economy must house all people, not just those who aspire to holding a deed in their hand

In late 2013, I was tasked with bidding on a few derelict properties; one had an enforcement order against it, another had been burned out. Suffice to say, these were far from being in any kind of show home condition.

At the time it was believed that the capital gains tax waiver was about to end, and in retrospect it’s probably fair to say that this piece of fiscal policy was behind what ...