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LongView launches shared equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
LongView has launched a new fund that aims to help solve Australia's housing affordability crisis by co-investing alongside homebuyers. The LongView Shared Equity Fund co-invests with would-be homeowners via shared equity in which LongView also helps ...

Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... Increases in residential property prices, later workforce entry, delay of household formation and declining housing affordability have all been key factors in this trend," it said. "The reality is, unless trends to declining home ownership are addressed ...

HESTA commits $240m to build-to-rent pipeline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... projects, and in due course, completed assets." There are society-wide negative impacts associated with the housing affordability crisis, Daff added. "It was not that long ago we were worried about how ordinary working Australians were able to purchase ...

TIP Group appoints chief strategy officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... announcement follows a series made by TIP Group, including a new wholesale managed fund with a focus on housing affordability and the acquisition of Burman Invest, a boutique founded by Julia Lee. Most recently, TIP appointed Timothy Wong as its new ...

Foreign investment fees to double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... That means ensuring Australians benefit from foreign investment in Australia," Chalmers said. "Tackling housing affordability and helping more Australians into home ownership is a significant challenge and it's one this government takes seriously ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... efficient use of the housing stock through both tax and non-tax measures is likely to have a greater impact on housing affordability," it said. "Strengthened reporting requirements, including third-party reporting to the tax authority and international ...

Teaminvest creates co-living impact fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
Teaminvest Private Group (TIP) launched a new wholesale managed fund with a focus on housing affordability, accessibility, and inclusivity. The Coliving Future Property Fund is set to invest in co-living related assets, which may include businesses ...

Beware super home buyer collateral damage: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... demographics of the fund and existing asset allocations. In a statement, the industry group also chastised how housing affordability would become worse, pointing out that minister for superannuation Jane Hume had at one point admitted this herself. ISA ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both major parties for recognising that housing affordability is a major issue for Australians and that homeownership is an important part of retirement. However, while the Liberal party's ...

Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... policy a shameless attack on the retirement savings of working people and an attempt to shift blame for the housing affordability crisis. "This is not a housing policy - this is a desperate, last-minute act from a prime minister trying to cling to power," ...