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FHSA tops govt agenda

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... government's Working Group has tabled its first session to discuss the development of a short form disclosure document for the First Home Saver Account. "By focusing its initial work on the First Home Saver Account, we are taking steps to make sure this ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... spearheading talks on superannuation advice, governance around self-managed super funds (SMSFs), and the development of first home saver accounts, among others. "We've been working with ASIC on affordable, adequate and available advice [for quite some ...

Tax reforms boost capacity, not inflationary

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... improvement in the productive capacity of the economy in the years ahead." The Treasurer also highlighted how the new First Home Saver accounts will boost savings even though their impact is expected to be minimal in the short term.

Green light on First Home Saver

... new government has delivered on its key election promise of addressing housing affordability when it established the 'First Home Saver Account' - a package of tax concessions and government contributions to help young Australians and low income earners ...

The new government: what it means

Higher child care rebates, a superannuation-based 'first home owner' account and superannuation guarantee creeping up to 15 per cent are just some of the Labor party policies that could become law under the new government. Colonial First State, one ...

First Home Saver proposal a winner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The proposal by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd for a "super style" savings scheme to help first home buyers save for a home has drawn strong support from the superannuation industry already champing at the bit to get involved. The proposal works by letting ...

Home sweet home

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... planning to migrate to the US to snap up some real estate bargains, are apparently showing growing enthusiasm for that first home purchase. A report by independent market analyst Datamonitor shows that lending commitments to first home owner-occupiers ...

Economic round-up: Going broke going for broke

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... property ladder. It is officially 10.3 per cent harder than a year ago, according to figures out today. The HIA-CBA First Home buyer affordability index has fallen again in the March quarter by 0.6 per cent bringing the affordability of that first home ...

Houses at half price

... returns, both of which are at the primary purchaser's discretion. Those who choose to go on the co-ownership plan and are first home buyers will still be eligible to the stamp duty concessions in NSW. The initiative is the most recent example of a whole ...

Equity lenders prepare to take on reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... The first non-government shared equity loan, Rismark's equity finance mortgage, is being marketed at this stage to first home buyers and families that want to trade up, but it will not be long before the product is being offered to retirees. Rismark ...