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Green light on First Home Saver

... buy their first home. "This is a modest long-term measure to assist more young Australians achieve their dream of home ownership...we've put in place the administrative arrangements to have the accounts up and running from the second half of the year," ...

Another DIY take on home ownership

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
With housing affordability continuing to deteriorate, one of the country's largest banks has come up with a way to get mums-and-dads access to residential property investments without the stamp duty costs nor the tenancy headaches. Westpac Residential ...

Wizard founder builds Yellow Brick Road

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... Bouris said the business was a continuation of his original goal with Wizard Home Loans to help Australians into home ownership. "The two great dreams in life for all Australians is to own their own home and retire happy and comfortable," he said. "When ...

Houses at half price

... Government announced a $300 million scheme whereby the State government would take a 30 to 40 per cent share in home ownership with 3,000 low to middle income earners. A comprehensive mortgage report by Genworth released last September found new evidence ...

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 ...