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Super for housing 'economically reckless': SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... Australians to own their own home, but this idea won't achieve that - it would just make that goal even harder for first home buyers by making house prices more expensive," SMC chief executive Misha Shubert said. The SMC is opposing what it calls ...

South Australia recognised as 'economic leader'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... create a pipeline of work," Mulligan said. "Housing remains a key focus - with the abolition of stamp duty for first home buyers and the creation of a new super portfolio to boost supply and get more South Australians into their own homes. "We know that ...

Raiding super can worsen housing affordability: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data of 300,000 people to assess the distribution of superannuation balances for prospective first-home buyers aged 25-34 across Australia's major capital cities against a 20% deposit placed on a median-priced house and ...

Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Australians to own their own home, but this idea won't achieve that - it would just make that goal even harder for first home buyers by making house prices even more expensive." Schubert said a growing list of policy ideas that encourage people to ...

Bragg outraged over super fund payments to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... initiatives, potentially stifling parliamentary decisions to liberalise superannuation rules for purposes like aiding first home buyers or providing support during economic downturns, as seen during the COVID crisis. "Members' money is being used ...

Experience pathway enshrined in legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... conditions of access to clearing and settlement services subject to a Ministerial Declaration". Secondly, the bill gives the First Home Super Saver Scheme more flexibility. This includes allowing first-home buyers to vary a request for release and extends ...

Mortgage holders, retailers relax after rate pause

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... Zahra said. Many retailers can expect further leasing cost increases and other rising costs of doing business. "For the first time this year, department stores, clothing, footwear and accessories and other retailing joined household goods in the realm ...

Cash rate hits 4.1%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... will only grow. Citing bleak figures, HIA chief economist Tim Reardon said new home sales are down almost 50% since the first increase in the cash rate in May 2022. "The number of loans issued for the purchase or construction of a new home has fallen ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... removal of investment scam and phishing websites and $10.9 million for a new Australian SMS Sender ID Registry. First home buyers: While the government did expand the variety of home buyers eligible to access its Home Guarantee Scheme, the number of ...

Household Capital partners with Genworth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... Australians throughout life." "Genworth have a real appetite to deliver the benefits of home ownership not just for first home buyers but extending their contribution and expertise to the last 30 years of Australian homeownership, which is retirement. ...
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