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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 ...

Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... Gavin. Frontier has been looking at value added and opportunistic property investments in the US. Falling levels of home ownership and a shortage of multi-family housing is causing a great opportunity that 'everyone is looking at' but leverage must be ...

China not heading for a property bust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Talks of a property bubble in China are overstated as the Chinese government has introduced new home ownership and lending rules to cool the market, said an investment expert. "I don't think we have a bubble yet," said Samantha Ho, investment director ...

More bombshells before the recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... economic climate. This expected government investments alongside interest rates at 40-year lows, weaker dollar and home ownership incentives all combine to make sure the country avoids a deep and protracted recession. Potential homeowners will also be ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... away 0.2 percentage contribution from third quarter growth. Lower interest rates and the government's increased home ownership grant should correct this in the coming quarters. External account. Imports had been the biggest detractor during the September ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... all but locked down is accompanied by blogosphere reports that it was former President Clinton's efforts to boost home ownership in the US via the promotion of "paper-thin downpayments" that "pushed for ways to get lenders to give mortgage loans to first-time ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... much later than they used to - at an average age of 27 years. They don't seem to have the same pre-occupation with home ownership as previous generations," Michael McNamara, APM's operations manager, told ABC radio this morning. McNamara said they "want ...