Australian property investors are facing a looming tax deadline next year — raising questions about a possible wave of property sales before then.Aside from changes to negative gearing in the recent federal budget, from 1 July 2027, Australian investors who hold a property for over a year will no longer benefit from the rules that apply a discount to the capital gains tax (CGT).With over a year until the changes take effect, some are questioning whether this may prompt property owners to rush sales before the deadline.Under the existing CGT discount, Australians selling an asset only pay tax on 50 per cent of their profits and they [investors] will quite generously have their existing benefits grandfathered," he told SBS News."They can also expect reasonably strong house price growth in the future."Furthermore, the new rules still offer investors "very generous discount provisions", Duck said