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Australians making more money from investing than working

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... $180,000 means Australians on average also earned $18,000 through their superannuation fund. Investment income from home ownership and superannuation combining to generate $58,000 in post-tax earnings means that, in net terms, for many Australians their ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Home Ownership, the primary financial markets regulator revealed that as of March 2015, the value of residential real property investments ...

Turnbull on super and housing debate: "a thoroughly bad idea"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... acknowledged that there are "lots of arguments both ways" and noted that some argue that buyers get capital gain from home ownership and that "capital gain may well be far greater than anything they get on their return in existing superannuation fund ...

Super to engender securitisation 'rebirth': Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... "Australians have a cultural connection with housing that is probably second only to the UK in terms of the percentage of home ownership in the world. And I'd like to say Australians would do anything before we'd default on our mortgage. "So superannuation ...

Former BT super head moves up Westpac ranks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
A former BT head of Personal Superannuation has been appointed head of home ownership at Westpac. Described as a rising star by the media, Melanie Evans was previously chief of staff to the bank's financial services chief executive Brian Hartzer. Prior ...

Gen Y aiming high: REST

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... at the "wealth style" of 600 18 to 30 year olds to better understand their work ethic, salary expectations, and home ownership goals. The study found more than 75% of Gen Ys expected to live a comfortable or very comfortable lifestyle, with 15% expecting ...

SG increase the key to global pension top spot

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... you increase the pension then it works its way up the line to other income levels. It is that simple," said Knox. Home ownership rates also improved Australia's rating when compared to other countries, particularly European nations, with trends showing ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... shortage at the same time as real-estate agents have an oversupply of product to sell. More people were pushed from home ownership to long-term rental, increasing rents. "We're worried about those on the margins," he said. "A lot of those in the bottom ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Falling home ownership rates mean a quarter of all future retirees may not own their own home, undermining key assumptions of previous retirement affordability studies, REST Industry Super said yesterday. The worrying figures come from research tabled ...

Equiti to launch US multifamily property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... Yers to own their own home. According to Leigh Gavin, senior consultant and head of property research at Frontier, home ownership in the US has fallen by almost 2 per cent since 2006, which equates to over two million households. This creates a great ...