With the financial year ending in 4 weeks, many clients – especially those who are self employed or who have complex income – are beginning to turn their attention to tax planning. It’s a good instinct. When it comes to home loans and investment loans, your financials and tax returns are more than just a […]
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Meet Sarah and Rebecca (and their parents)
Here’s the story of two young Australians (made up, for illustrative purposes)… Sarah and Rebecca. They finish uni together and start their careers in exactly the same role, earning the same income. But the presence (or absence) of parental wealth quietly but dramatically alters their financial trajectory. The tale of two grads After uni Sarah […]
A review 10 years after the housing bubble
In 2015 I wrote this blog post ‘Beware of the housing bubble bursting’ which summarised the view held by many at the time that we were in a housing bubble. Their key points were as follows… House prices had grown faster than economic conditions suggested was appropriate (prices in Sydney had climbed roughly 40 percent […]