Buyer Solutions

Who uses negative gearing?

Who uses negative gearing?  Well at Buyer Solutions we know that its not just the wealthy who negative gear when buying investment properties. I recently read that amongst the top people who use negative gearing are: Teachers Engineers Nurses and Midwives Retail workers Office/Practice Managers and General clerks Of course, as you would expect CEO’s […]

2017 Residential Tenancies Act Review

The  Victorian Government has been undertaking a review of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997, as a part of its platform for housing related initiatives entitled ‘Fairer Safer Housing’ over the past year.  The final RTA Options Paper outlines an extensive range of proposed changes which are extremely concerning to the REIV and may have substantial […]

Victoria, the toughest place to buy

Victoria, the toughest place to buy according to The Age newspaper research published recently. Ms Christina Zhou says that “first home buyers struggle most”.  “First home buyers have a tough task, but new figures show that when it comes to saving a deposit and making repayments, Victorians are ding it the toughest in the country.  […]