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With the negative gearing and CGT changes now law, the property industry is racing to devise workarounds to keep investor interest alive. As a genuinely independent, asset-class-agnostic firm with no bias toward property, Stuart puts six of the most likely strategies under the microscope, because to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

The starting point: under the new rules, the after-tax internal rate of return on established property falls from around 11% to 8.4%. Can any lever claw that back? Stuart works through chasing a higher rental yield (and why starting gross yield is what matters), gearing less to reach neutral (which, counterintuitively, drags returns lower), and using a company structure to preserve deductions (a Part IVA minefield). He examines new-build dwellings that retain the old concessions, small-scale development, and high-yield specialised property like NDIS and co-living.

His verdict is refreshingly blunt: none of these currently stack up, and commercial property looks overpriced too. The real lesson? When someone promotes a clever workaround, check whether they have a vested interest, and remember property was never the only game in town.

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