David is president of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, Managing Director of Airey Real Estate and Chairman of The Salvation Army WA Advisory Board.
I applaud the move to a uniform approach with process and application forms across the state.
We need a mature debate about abolishing this inefficient and outdated tax and replacing it with a modest land tax across all owners.
Not everyone is in a position to secure a mortgage and maintain loan repayments, so as a society and community it’s important to take reasonable steps to ensure fairness and do what we can to prevent homelessness and improve housing affordability.
Messing with negative gearing would introduce distortions into the tax system and attack confidence.
Buyers should not be put off by the median price for a region or suburb, and look to the lower quartile for opportunities in areas they might initially think are out of their price range based on the overall median.
Show the local community that real estate agents are a very generous bunch and support the Red Shield Appeal.