Anybody who has been following how our government works
knows their priorities are the quick fix and the political sugar hit. The
four-year election cycle ensures that long-term consequences are either ignored
or kicked down the road for someone else to deal with.
That's why I see this budget really being built around the
next news cycle rather than the next generation.
Given all of this, I can understand why some are asking "Is
property investment still the best wealth-creation strategy available to most
Australians?”
My answer is yes - with more clarity about strategy than
ever.
The fundamentals that have driven Australian property values
for decades haven't changed.
Population is growing. Housing supply is structurally
insufficient. Wealth is accumulating across the country, and people want to
park it somewhere that holds and grows in value over time.
The Budget changes the tax environment. It do not change the
underlying demand-supply equation. And over the long run, it's the
demand-supply equation that drives prices.
For investors who already hold established properties, the
grandfathering provisions mean nothing really changes. Your strategy should
remain exactly as it was - hold quality assets in the right locations, manage
your cash flow carefully, and let compounding do what compounding does over
time.
For investors considering their next purchase, the decision
between established and new is now more nuanced and depends more heavily on
individual tax circumstances.
Get proper advice from an independent property strategist -
this is genuinely important given the complexity of the dual system now in
play.
And for anyone sitting on the sidelines waiting for prices
to fall because of these changes, I'd gently suggest you reconsider.
I can see the market remaining flat for a while as people
digest all this. But there is no evidence of a crash in sight, as the
structural undersupply that has been building for years doesn't disappear
because of a change to the tax rules.
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Jason Gwerder
Saturday, 12 September 2026
