Totally empty homes in Melbourne up 16%
Prosper Australia’s latest Speculative Vacancies data update reveals a 16% rise – to 31,890 – in totally empty homes in Melbourne over the past year. This rise in empty dwellings has undermined the benefit from new housing supply coming online. Including a further...
EVENT: Prosper Australia End of Year members & supporters night
Welcome to our end of year members & supporters night! Join us for a night of celebration and appreciation at Level 1, 64 Harcourt Street, North Melbourne. Hear directly from the Prosper team about the activities we have been up to this year and our plans for the...
Victoria’s infrastructure plan praised for tax reform, criticised for ignoring value capture
Prosper Australia today welcomed the inclusion of a stamp duty to land tax transition in Infrastructure Victoria’s new strategy but criticised the absence of value capture as a sustainable and equitable funding mechanism. “We applaud Infrastructure Victoria’s...
Australia’s land wealth passes $10 trillion as tax burden stays on workers
Australia’s total land value has soared past $10 trillion, according to new ABS data — yet ordinary workers continue to shoulder most of the nation’s tax load. Prosper Australia says the figures highlight the need to rebalance the tax system so that unearned gains...Republish this article
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