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DomaCom and ASIC reach agreement on retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
Financial advisers now have an additional solution for managing the cash flow needs of older clients, using their homes to develop and implement strategies for retirement. Fractional property investor DomaCom has received relief from ASIC to enable ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... average of "market conditions for current new sales in the next six months, as well as as prospective buyer traffic for new homes" - rose to a reading of 68 in August from 64 in July, suggesting improved confidence among US homebuilders. To roundup the ...

Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... they retire. "They may be thinking, perhaps unconsciously, that they are going to use their superannuation to pay off their homes and then simply go on the aged pension. So it really raises questions about the sustainability of the retirement income ...

Industry fund makes social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... to this space." The Korongee village, built in the Tasmanian suburb of Glenorchy, will have 15 demographically tailored homes set within a small town context complete with streets, as well as a supermarket, cinema, cafe, beauty salon and gardens. The ...

Banks continue campaign to discredit SA bank tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... hard to get the state moving and more than $17 billion in finance to help thousands of South Australian families purchase homes," Elliott wrote. "Businesses will think twice about investing further in South Australia as we don't know if the Government ...

Stamp duty axing treated with caution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
The NSW Government decision to abolish all stamp duty for first homebuyers on existing and new homes up to $650,000, and stamp duty discounts up to $800,000, is being met with caution from a financial adviser. Announced by Premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

Government trials social impact investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... such as juvenile detentions. The Government will commit a further $6 million in rolling out not-for-profit The Big Issue's Homes for Homes initiative nationwide as a potential solution to the social and affordable housing shortage. The scheme encourages ...

Downsizing measures present advice opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... downsizing for older people. "Encouraging downsizing may enable more effective use of the housing stock by freeing up larger homes for younger, growing families," Budget documents read. Challenger's head of technical services Andrew Lowe said the ability ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... good. Despite recent tougher purchase restrictions to cool the property market, latest data show that average prices of new homes in 70 Chinese cities continued to rise, up 11.3% in the year to March that followed an 11.8% increase in the previous month. ...

Australian Unity property trust suspends units

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... trust, which was established in 1999, invests in healthcare property assets, including hospitals, medical clinics, nursing homes, day surgeries, medical offices, consulting rooms, rehabilitation units and radiology and pathology offices. Its objective ...