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LRBA loophole for SMSFs removed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... billion in LRBAs, with these financial instruments being predominantly used to invest in residential and non-residential property in an almost 50-50 split. SMSF Association head of policy Jordan George said that the while the association understands ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... retirees enjoy a more comfortable and sustainable retirement, while simultaneously delivering more supply to the residential property market," Kewin said. Kewin said strategy around the First Home Super Saver Scheme must be well considered. "This comes ...

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... sector employment," Eslake said. The decision to allow self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to borrow for residential property investment - Howard/Costello, 2007 In 2007, during the last months of the Howard government, limited recourse borrowing ...

Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... chose to invest via RateSetter's P2P lending platform as they are currently unable or unwilling to invest in residential property. The increase in investment however did not only come from millennials. In the past 12 months, post-millennials, pre-retirees ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... billion in LRBAs, with these financial instruments being predominantly used to invest in residential and non-residential property in an almost 50-50 split," said SMSFA managing director/chief executive Andrea Slattery. "That estimated $12 billion where ...

Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... capital invested in the housing market." Auscap Asset Management principal Tim Carleton continued the focus on residential property, predicting that interest rates could rise despite Australia currently approaching a period of limited growth. "I'm not ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update on residential property prices brought home the Reserve Bank of Australia's current concerns and noted in its March monetary policy statement: "Conditions in the housing market vary considerably around ...

SMSFs no influence on housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... shows SMSFs' are not influencing high property prices because, as a sector, they have negligible exposure to residential property. The research shows SMSFs own less than 1% of residential properties in Australia, while 22% is owned by non-SMSF investors ...

Housing market faces heavy downside risk

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
Far from being a stable asset, Australian residential property carries considerable risk, according to a new Auscap report. Auscap's analysis noted the general wisdom that because residential property prices haven't experienced a "broad decline" since ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... and exports all declined in November from October while employment was flat at a low +1 reading. Australia residential property prices The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the weighted average of residential property prices in Australia's ...