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Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... proposal by Shadow Minister for Housing Michael Sukkar to allow Australians to access their superannuation to buy their first home. The Shadow Minister said the Coalition was determined to help younger Australians achieve home ownership by allowing first ...

Bragg outraged over super fund payments to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... initiatives, potentially stifling parliamentary decisions to liberalise superannuation rules for purposes like aiding first home buyers or providing support during economic downturns, as seen during the COVID crisis. "Members' money is being used ...

NAB, Jarden to launch NZ wealth business

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... executive Craig Patrick said. Meanwhile, BNZ chief executive Dan Huggins said: "From people saving for retirement or their first home through KiwiSaver, to high net worth, institutional, and not for profit clients - BNZ's relationship with the new entity ...

Experience pathway enshrined in legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... conditions of access to clearing and settlement services subject to a Ministerial Declaration". Secondly, the bill gives the First Home Super Saver Scheme more flexibility. This includes allowing first-home buyers to vary a request for release and extends ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... the removal of investment scam and phishing websites and $10.9 million for a new Australian SMS Sender ID Registry. First home buyers: While the government did expand the variety of home buyers eligible to access its Home Guarantee Scheme, the number ...

Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... offers 5 or 10% of the home's purchase price to put toward a down payment. It also plans to introduce the Tax-Free First Home Savings Account where prospective first homebuyers can save up to CAD$40,000 tax-free towards their first home. Meanwhile, in ...

AustralianSuper invests in build-to-rent-to-own affordable housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... sustainable, high-quality homes in a well-connected suburb." "Our residents will be able to save and budget for their first home with certainty, without the worry of volatile rental market fluctuations, or being priced out of the market." AustralianSuper ...

HESTA commits $240m to build-to-rent pipeline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... added. "It was not that long ago we were worried about how ordinary working Australians were able to purchase their first home - we have moved well beyond that to a point where the concern is now how everyday Australians can even rent a home," he said. ...

Affordable housing in Budget spotlight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... allow 40,000 eligible Aussies to own their own home with a lower deposit and smaller mortgage. Meanwhile, the Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee will help 10,000 new homeowners each year, backdated to 1 October 2022. Older Australians will also be further ...

Household Capital partners with Genworth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... Australians throughout life." "Genworth have a real appetite to deliver the benefits of home ownership not just for first home buyers but extending their contribution and expertise to the last 30 years of Australian homeownership, which is retirement. ...
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