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Baby boomers in good shape

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
... the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM), revealed that baby boomers have a high rate of home ownership, a high level of equity in their home and an array of options available to them heading into retirement. The report found that ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... Government, which announced a $300 million scheme whereby the State government would take a 30-40 per cent share in home ownership with 3,000 low to middle income earners, the national Labor spokeswoman for housing said that a Federal Labor government ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... period labour productivity rose by 21 per cent, the disposable income of the less well off grew by 15 per cent and home ownership remained at about 70 per cent. Yesterdays increase in Producer Price Indices of between 4 and 7.7 per cent depending upon ...

Housing and super can work together: Max Super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... wealth," said Andrew Barlow, max Super's chief executive. The NZ plan is extremely visionary in recognising that home ownership underpins any retirement savings plan and that servicing a mortgage generally comes at the expense of putting funds aside ...

Save before you buy: MIAA

... Australians still prefer to save up a large enough deposit before buying a home, according to the latest survey on home ownership. The Mortgage Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) teamed up with BankWest to conduct the MIAA/BankWest Home Finance ...

Reverse mortgage misconceptions: SEQUAL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... entering their 60s the equity stored in the home may be critical to funding retirement. "Over $350 billion of total home ownership is held by people aged 60 and over. With the explosion of over 60s, the rising cost of living and inadequate superannuation ...

Flatmates to mortgage-mates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
... According to a report published in this month's YourMortgage magazine, in recent years the once clear-cut picture of home ownership has blurred considerably because of the deepening affordability crisis. "The big time for people getting together now ...

Young business owners to shun 'bricks and mortar' lending

... increasingly getting priced out of the property market. According to the Real Estate Institute of Australia, overall home ownership has dropped since the 1980s, specially in the 25 to 34 years category. Nolan explained that, in reality, the nation is ...

Productivity Commission to crack down on homeowners' scheme loopholes

... test the first homeowners' scheme, the Productivity Commission revealed today. In its discussion paper on first home ownership, released today the Commission said the grants did not make a substantial difference to struggling families, and should be ...

Treasurer announces two appointments to Productivity Commission

... Robertson as an associate commissioner until 31 May 2004 to enable him to complete the current inquiry into First Home Ownership,\" Mr Costello said. \"These appointments will help the Commission maintain its important work as the Government's principal ...