Property market is pretty crazy down here

  • fallaciousreasoning@lemmy.nzOP
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    9 months ago

    Oh yeah, the only empty houses are all the AirBnBs (at my weekly rent every night) or lock’n’leaves. Probably 2/3rds of my street is empty most of the time. Rentals can’t be had for love or money, we got lucky with ours at the end of covid.

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      9 months ago

      Man we really should have some sort of empty house tax. Our lack of housing supply is definitely exacerbated by all the empty houses.

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          9 months ago

          Haha yes, it does seem that way. However, there are other places already doing it, so there must be a feasible way of doing it.

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            9 months ago

            A proper capital gains tax on everything outside the primary residence is effectively an empty house tax.

            The AirBnB part needs more regulation though.