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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... buyer traffic up 4 points to 48 (10-month high). China newly-built house prices Heating up again. The average price of new homes in China's 70 cities increased by 9.2% in the year to August - the fastest rate since January 2014 -- following a7.9% gain ...

Unlicensed property investor jailed for six years

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... Holdings and Integrated Consolidated Holdings. He obtained funds by, in ASIC's words, persuading investors to "refinance their homes and/or establish SMSFs and then invest their superannuation in the developments." Through this, Patrick raised over $600,000 ...

Advisers and aged care homes should forge relationships: BUPA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... the users of care facilities to meet the cost. If financial advisers can form strong relationships with key staff at care homes - such as the general manager or the admissions officer - it can significantly ease the friction in the process," McNab said. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... (HIA) latest update on new home sales. Total new home sales dropped by 9.7% in July as sales declined for both detached homes (down 7.4%) and apartments, townhouses and units (down 17.3%). US consumer confidence Another "case for an increase in the federal ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Australia HIA new home sales Fresh data released by the Housing Industry Association (HIA) on sales of new homes has triggered concerns that Australia's housing boom is coming to an end. New home sales dropped by 9.7% -- the fastest since May 2006 - ...

Storm Financial investor slams court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... What happened to it? It's dead in the water. And now we're hearing about the importance of people using the equity in their homes to take pressure off the social welfare system. Well, that's exactly what we were doing at Storm." He added that ASIC alone ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... done (-19.0%) over the June quarter while VIC posted the biggest gain (+5.2%). US existing home sales Sales of existing homes decreased by 3.2% to an annualised rate of 5.39 million units, more than reversing the previous month's 1.1% gain to 5.57 million ...

Retiree expenditure remains modest: study

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... retirees are renters; 8% have mortgages. Housing costs are significant for the minority of retirees who do not own their homes. Self-funded retirees enjoy a significantly higher standard of living than those relying on the Age Pension. Overall, this ...

Retirees increasingly favour income over lumps sums

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... and 307,000, respectively). "This means just over one in four people aged 65 years and over (excluding those in nursing homes and retirement villages) were receiving a superannuation income stream in 2013-14, up from one in five in 2003-04," Jarvis said. ...

QIC and Future Fund back $3bn renewable fund

KERRIE SYDEE, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... sources, abating around 2.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions or, put another way, enough power to power circa 530,000 homes. That is equivalent to removing circa 800,000 cars from the road, QIC said. In addition to the $800 million commitment ...