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Housing crisis costing Australia $64bn: Aware

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
A lack of affordable housing for essential workers in capital cities is draining the nation of $64 billion, with Aware Super saying that's how much the scarcity is costing workers, employers and the community. Aware Super has reviewed the socioeconomic ...

Cbus scolded over 'most galling conflict' in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... newly released Freedom of Information documents that indicated Cbus has been lobbying for changes to the government's Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF). This drew his scrutiny, as Bragg noted Cbus is the only super fund to have publicly committed ...

Inflation rises to 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the major contributors to the price increase included housing (+6.6%), transport (+7.4%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (+4.4%), and insurance and financial services (+8.8%). It said ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... increase in wealth of 74% over the period. "Contrary to the public image of 'mum and dad' property investors, investment housing is very unequally shared: the wealthiest 20% hold 82% of all investment property by value," it said. "They owned 78% of all ...

No bubble risk in Sydney housing market: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
Despite a price correction since the highs of 2020 and 2021, Sydney's housing market remains overvalued but is not at risk of a bubble, says UBS. The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index ranks Sydney at 16th of 25 international cities in terms of housing ...

HESTA pumps $100m into BTR project

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
HESTA has committed $100 million to a new build-to-rent (BTR) project in Melbourne in conjunction with Super Housing Partnerships. The project is the first in Super Housing Partnerships' pipeline of BTR initiatives, to be located at 402 Macaulay Road ...

Blackstone drops $500m on Brisbane student accommodation

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
Blackstone has made its first investment in the local student housing market with the purchase of Student One in Brisbane. The acquisition comprises three premium student accommodation assets with a total of 2300 beds in Brisbane's CBD, as well ...

Aware Super, Altis buy Crown Group site

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... (BTR) apartments and will form part of Aware Super's growing BTR portfolio. It will also support the Aware Super Essential Housing Program, which provides quality accommodation at discount to market rates to frontline workers such as nurses, teachers ...

Latest CPI data provides case for rate pause

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... to 5.6% from 6.0% in June. According to the index, the most significant contributors to the July annual increase were housing (+7.3%) and food and non-alcoholic beverages (+5.6%). Reducing the July increase were price falls for automotive fuel (-7.6%) ...

Alternative real estate is on the rise: AXA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... residential sector, so it's kind of the opposite view of what you're hearing in the market." He said outside of that, housing in general is a big theme. "Student housing, senior housing," he explained. "Then there are also sub-segments around ...