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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. ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
From January 2023 first home buyers in New South Wales will have the option of paying stamp duty or an annual land tax under proposed reforms. The plan, announced in the 2022-23 NSW budget, will see first home buyers purchasing a home up to the value ...

Beware super home buyer collateral damage: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... admitted this herself. ISA said its analysis showed that, "price surges would quickly gobble up any extra money first home buyers could take of super." "The nation's five major capital city media property prices could jump between 8-16%." On the matter ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
At first glance, the government's superannuation plan for homebuyers seemed a compelling proposition, but concrete analysis has revealed that at best it's only a marginal measure. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both ...

Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... response to Scott Morrison's last-ditch pitch to 'aspirational Australians'. Morrison has said that supporting first home buyers is a key part of his government's plan. On his policy, Morrison said: "This is how you help with the cost of living." "You ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... the government's new super scheme would unlock the great Australian dream of home ownership for thousands of first home buyers. Under the new scheme, first home buyers would be able to invest up to 40% of their superannuation, up to a maximum of $50,000 ...

CPI sees greatest jump since 2000

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... as increases to the cash rate are now imminent, placing pressure on mortgages and impacting affordability for first home buyers. "With the prospect of first home buyers finding it increasingly difficult to enter the housing market, home ownership in ...

Budget targets home ownership rates

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... schemes. First of all, 35,000 new First Home Guarantee places each year for three years will be made available to first home buyers with low deposits starting from July 1. An additional 5000 spots each year will also be opened up for single parents through ...

Budget to back aspiring homeowners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... to 30 June 2025 under the new Regional Home Guarantee, which will support eligible homebuyers, including non-first home buyers and permanent residents, to purchase or construct a new home in regional areas, subject to the passage of enabling legislation. ...