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AIST slams Xenophon's super home loan proposal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... would make buying a first home more affordable. But Garcia said while AIST shared Xenophon's concern over housing affordability, superannuation was not the answer. "The purpose of superannuation is to enable all Australians to have enough money for a ...

Special bond issues could fix unaffordable housing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... unbalanced tax treatment (of investment housing) that distorts the residential housing market. The proposed housing affordability plan includes a low-risk fixed interest investment bond designed to free up capital that could be directed towards new housing ...

Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... estate is becoming increasingly attractive, due to its stable price creating buying opportunities. However, housing affordability advocates have expressed alarm that unfettered use of negative gearing is squeezing out first home buyers and driving up ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... make-up of the top 25 US cities. It considered population growth, jobs growth, state GDP versus national GDP, housing affordability, vacancy rates, and infrastructure, and through a process of elimination, chose a handful of cities to invest in. With ...

No housing bubble: Fidelity

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... banks and property analyst Anita Costa told advisers in Sydney yesterday that while she is concerned over housing affordability levels in Australia, there is no property market bubble. Speaking at the 2010 Fidelity Investment Forum, Costa argued that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Exploration Ltd, Atlantic Gold NL and Cloncurry Metals Ltd hold annual general meetings. Day 2 of the 3rd Annual Housing Affordability Congress will convene in Brisbane. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed lower despite better than expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... releases average weekly earnings data for the May quarter, and the Housing Industry Association issues its housing affordability report for the June quarter. The Melbourne Institute will publish its survey of consumer inflationary expectations for August ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... months to come. Why? Because falling house prices, taken with falling mortgage rates, have already increased housing affordability. Sure concern remains about the US jobs market which could make the turnaround in housing a slow process. But even this ...

More bombshells before the recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... and protracted recession. Potential homeowners will also be the beneficiaries of the market downturn with housing affordability going back to levels seen in the mid-1990s, said UBS Australasia chief economist Scott Haslem. Like James, Haslem predicts ...

Social investment MIS targets community projects

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... While the CIF currently only holds $2 million, Foresters is already developing other funds, including a Housing Affordability Fund and a Fair Finance Fund. Foresters boasts among its directors Cheryl Kernot, former senator and Australian Democrats leader ...