I’ve Never Invested to Save Tax. I Invest to Make Money
One thing I’ve learned over many years in property is this: Money doesn’t disappear. It simply moves to where it’s treated best. With the proposed budget changes around negative gearing and CGT, there’s been a lot of discussion around what happens next. While nothing is final yet, if these changes proceed, they could reshape where […]
The Government Just Changed the Property Game
Why “Buy & Hold” Is Being Replaced by Strategic Development For decades, the Australian property playbook was simple: Buy an established property Negative gear it Hold it long-term Wait for capital growth That strategy built enormous wealth for a generation of Australians. But if you read between the lines of the recent Federal and Victorian […]
Planning Scheme Amendments
Be Across The Changes That Affect The Feasibility & Outcome of Your Projects Victorian Planning Schemes have undergone significant shifts in recent months. Some amendments have made simple processes and applications more complex. Others have simplified previously complex applications and improved the viability of projects that may not have stacked up in the past. Planning […]
Bluefield Development: The Untapped Opportunity Sitting in Our Suburbs
For years, property development has been framed through three lenses: But there’s a fourth category emerging, one that most developers are overlooking. It’s called Bluefield Development. And if you understand it properly, it opens up a completely different way of thinking about opportunity. Bluefield development focuses on older, established suburbs — the ones typically protected by character controls, […]
Sustainable Subdivisions in Victoria: How the SSF and BESS Framework Are Shaping Climate-Resilient Development
Planning is a complex and very dynamic space. Planning as an industry is charged with providing more housing to accommodate a growing population in a format that addresses climate risks and provides innovative environmentally sustainable outcomes that prioritise in favour of amenity outcomes. Casba and PIA have recently partnered to release and promote BESS in Subdivisions […]
Every Time Governments Run Out of Money, they look at CGT. Here’s What Happens Next
The government is again considering changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount ahead of the next Federal Budget in May. This isn’t unusual. Whenever fiscal pressure rises and budgets tighten, large tax concessions inevitably come under review. That is simply how governments operate. And the CGT discount — currently allowing a 50% reduction on […]
Australian Property Investors and Capital Gains Tax
Why Current Market Shifts Are Actually an Opportunity for Smart Property Professionals Recent headlines have highlighted that around one in three Australian property investors may consider exiting the market in response to proposed tax changes and ongoing financial pressures. This has sparked concern about the future of rental supply and investor confidence. But while headlines […]
Ben Nobelius
“About Ben Nobelius – Licensed Surveyor, Developer & Strategic Flipper” From Survey Pegs to Strategic Flipping: My Journey Through Property Development I often say I didn’t choose the property industry — it chose me. For as long as I can remember, property, land and development have been part of my life. My father is a […]
Julie Bowyer
Julie ‘s background as a photojournalist and University Lecturer (Photojournalism at Monash and Federation University’s) has served her well in terms of developing the transferable skills of efficient communication and logical, solutions-based project management. Her 20s saw Julie travel extensively throughout the world, with her destination preference prioritising in favour of isolated, rarely-visited locations such […]