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RBA should take action on negative gearing: AUI

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... investors used to be evenly split between existing houses and new construction, whereas now more than 90% is for existing homes," he said. "The economic benefit which negative gearing provided (through construction) has now largely fallen away." Bryant ...

SMSFs stung by $1M property Ponzi scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... for development. To obtain funds for the property development projects he allegedly persuaded investors to refinance their homes and SMSFs. Patrick is also accused of persuading investors to take out additional loans or credit cards. ASIC allege the ...

Inquiry sees spike in demand for legal action against CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... lost money due to inappropriate financial advice; they are retirees or close to retirement and lots of them have lost their homes or their lifetime savings." The inquiry was prompted by cases of bad advice within Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... the Mantra Group lists on ASX. Meanwhile, the foreign investment inquiry, looking at foreign investors buying Australian homes, is on in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Thursday rallied after the US central bank decided to retain ultra-low interest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Industrial Average climbed 63.19 points to 16,606.27 points after the US Commerce Department reported that sales of new homes rose 6.4 per cent in April.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... measure of the pace of layoffs, totalled 326,000 in the week ending May 17, a gain of 28,000 from the prior week. US existing homes sold at an annual rate of 4.65 million in April, up 1.3 per cent from March, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... Typhoon Haiyan wrought severe destruction in the country on 8 November 2013. To this day, rebuilding of infrastructures, homes and lives continues. As expected, the calamity sliced half a percent off the country's economic growth - real GDP slowed to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... front, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Monday showed that approvals for the construction of new homes fell for a second consecutive month. Mr McCarthy said the building figures were disappointing because observers were expecting ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... disappointing but affected the Australian dollar more than the share market, Mr Le Brun said. Approvals for the construction of new homes fell 5.0 per cent in February. BHP Billiton was up 35 cents at $37.40, Rio Tinto had added 45 cents at $64.30, and ...

Westpac exec gets ASIC ban after preying on elderly's finances

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after encouraging vulnerable clients to borrow against their homes for investments. St Pierre who was employed by the bank between September 2000 and April 2011 was found to have submitted ...