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Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... why it's good data. Taper off. If US interest rates stay at current levels, more weakness could be in store for the US housing market. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries (from which mortgage rates are derived) is currently at 2.52%. While down from the ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... by the Australian Government in partnership with the states and territories to promote investment in affordable rental housing. The scheme offers direct payments and tax offsets for building and leasing housing to low and moderate income earners at a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... futures contract was up 33 points at 5,262. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases housing finance figures for August. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday posted its largest one-day ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... appliance expenditure had dropped 15%, but offsetting this, food expenditure increased 8%, transport fares increased 11% and housing costs increased 6%. Showing the sensitivity to housing costs, the report revealed these costs among retirees had skyrocketed ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco branch she didn't read any of the warning signs regarding the 2008 housing bubble although she warned of recession.

ASMA dismisses SMSF property bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... to invest even more in the sector. Last week the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) moved to discourage speculation in the housing sector over fears that a combination of low interest rates and new rules allowing geared investments through SMSFs could be ...

No bubble fears in commercial property for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... direct property Richard Stacker. The Reserve Banks of Australia (RBA) has this week moved to discourage speculation in the housing sector over fears that a combination of low interest rates and new rules allowing geared investments through SMSFs could ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... per cent, to 5,288.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose for the first time in six days after some encouraging jobs and housing market data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 55.04 points (0.36 per cent) to 15,328.30. The broad-based S&P 500 tacked ...

RBA red flags SMSF property exposure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... event SMSF members are exposed to greater financial risks than they envisage." It alerted about the fact that investor housing loan approvals in New South Wales has experienced a sharp increase and now accounts for around 40% of the value of loan approvals ...

Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... said. Forster said the motivation to continue printing money may in part be an attempt to sustain the recovery of the US housing market, by encouraging lenders to keep mortgage rates low. But overall, he said it was "a shame", as it put off the inevitable. ...