The Victorian opposition has used its budget reply to showcase a pledge to scrap stamp duty for first home buyers on properties up to $1 million if it wins government next year.
Funding Fairer Housing - The McKell Institute
A levy on individual landholdings worth over $20m could deliver a stamp duty cut for all new houses, enhancing supply and fairness.
Greens unveil bold housing plan to bring down the cost of buying a home by abolishing stamp duty and “ultra-wealth tax” | The Australian Greens
The Victorian Greens have unveiled the details of their bold plan to bring down the cost of buying a home.
Labor’s $1 billion housing plan does nothing to make homes more affordable for first home buyers | The Australian Greens
The Victorian Greens say Labor's latest housing announcement fails to address the biggest barrier facing young Victorians trying to buy their first home - the skyrocketing cost of housing.
Victorian Labor
That's why a re-elected Carroll Labor Government will build 25,600 new homes and reserve them for first home buyers.
Victorian Labor
Following the Federal Budget, a re-elected Carroll Labor Government will give Victorian businesses a three-year stamp duty moratorium to provide certainty.
Housing for all – Victorian Socialists
Housing should be a right, not a commodity. We’re fighting for a five-year rent freeze, 150,000 new public homes, and a ban on hoarding property.
Power struggle: Coalition pledge to scrap towers sparks bill warning
A transmission line that will be scrapped if the Victorian Coalition is elected was urged to be fast-tracked in a 2022 government report. It estimated extended delays to the project would add up to $321 to annual household bills.
Cost of Living - One Nation Victoria
Winding back Labor's land tax hikes, lifting the payroll tax threshold, abolishing stamp duty on insurance, and cutting the cost built into every new home.
‘Cash grab’: One Nation demands up to $630,000 from Victorian election candidates
Exclusive: Many applicants left feeling ‘used, lied to, misled and gaslit’, complaint letter seen by Guardian Australia says
Backing Victorian Gas To Keep Prices Low
“We know gas supplies are declining. That's why we're securing the gas we have and backing new projects to bring down bills.”
Victorian election 2026
The Victorian state election on 28 November 2026 is a chance for Victorian decision-makers to take action so all Victorian renters can live with dignity in safe, secure and affordable homes.We’re calling on all political parties and candidates, both current and incoming, to commit to stronger protections for the 2 million Victorians who rent their homes.
Information Salience and Mispricing in Housing
Making the purchase price fully salient to consumers has been shown to affect demand and equilibrium prices in various markets. Using a setting where part of the home acquisition price is in the form of nonsalient debt, we show this can happen in housing—a market where a typical household makes its largest acquisition. A regulation that made the debt and the total price salient for homebuyers eliminated a large mispricing caused by consumers’ inattention to the debt before the regulation. An average homebuyer would lose about $13,300 by acquiring a dwelling with one-standard deviation ($51,000)-higher debt, but this is nearly eliminated after the regulation. To shed light on the underlying channels, we use administrative data and show that young, financially inexperienced, and first-time homebuyers used to overpay the most. The results are not driven by rational channels based on liquidity constraints and adverse selection. Our findings imply that making all-inclusive house price and mortgage features salient at the time of advertising the sale can help avoid unintentional borrowing. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, finance. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4253 .
Why stop at $30? Greens say lets make public transport permanently free | The Australian Greens
The Victorian Greens say Labor's election promise to cap public transport fares at $30 a week for two years is an admission that Victorians are paying too much to get around, but falls well short of the permanent cost-of-living relief people need.
Economists question Victorian Liberal's plan for surplus while cutting taxes
Two economists have warned Victoria's troubled budget would get worse under a Coalition government, because plans unveiled so far fail to cut enough spending while reducing taxes.
Yes, a Land Value Tax Is Possible in Washington State | Sightline Institute
A new report modeling a property tax building exemption in Spokane rebalances incentives toward community goals, encouraging homebuilding and discouraging in-city vacant land speculation.
One Nation’s wall — projected Victorian electoral funding
If One Nation’s latest Victorian polling holds, how much public and admin funding will it collect over the next five years?