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Showing 41 - 50 of 2018 results for "Housing"

Latest CPI data provides case for rate pause

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... to 5.6% from 6.0% in June. According to the index, the most significant contributors to the July annual increase were housing (+7.3%) and food and non-alcoholic beverages (+5.6%). Reducing the July increase were price falls for automotive fuel (-7.6%) ...

Alternative real estate is on the rise: AXA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... residential sector, so it's kind of the opposite view of what you're hearing in the market." He said outside of that, housing in general is a big theme. "Student housing, senior housing," he explained. "Then there are also sub-segments around ...

ASFA, Super Consumers Australia revise retirement standards

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... contribute more to super is often not realistic for this group, and that much more needs to be done to create affordable housing if more renters are going to avoid poverty in retirement."

No question we need more BTR: Mowat

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... it, and we're clearly in a very challenging supply/demand dynamic where BTR is something fundamentally needed for housing supplies." As such, BTR is a strategic objective for Mowat and his team. "We're currently in discussions with capital partners ...

Institutional investor pumps $750m into Qualitas fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... environment driven by tightening fiscal policy and elevated inflation. Notwithstanding these factors, the undersupply of housing is a key driver of tight rental vacancy levels and an increase in off the plan apartment sale prices in certain areas with ...

Pacific Equity Partners finances reverse mortgage lender

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
... Equity Partners (PEP) will finance Household Capital, a reverse mortgage lender, to address the retirement funding and housing needs of senior Australians. PEP is investing in a financing layer of Household Capital's funding structure, alongside ...

Liquidate $250bn Future Fund, says think tank

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... decisions of the asset managers," he explained. Should the Albanese administration effectively navigate the passage of its Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) bill, an additional $10 billion might be borrowed on behalf of the Commonwealth, earmarked ...

Private credit to play critical role in the economy: MA Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... increasingly assist major lenders in servicing the commercial real estate debt market, particularly when it comes to the critical housing shortage. "For quite a while now, the major banks have been pulling back from what they're willing to lend in ...

Mortgage holders, retailers relax after rate pause

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... This extended pause in monetary policy tightening will help to inject a greater degree of confidence and stability into housing markets, for sellers, buyers, and builders," Toth said. Signs of financial strains are evident in Australians dipping into ...

Federal Reserve raises interest rates to a 22-year high

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... he said. He further noted that rent indicators suggest economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. While housing activity in the sector has picked up but remained well below prior years, reflecting higher mortgage rates. Like the sentiment ...