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Dutch pension giants back $1.5bn local BTR deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... blocks of our real estate strategy - urbanisation, where amongst other things, we look to address important issues such as housing affordability. "We have had a very successful partnership with the Scape team who have proven themselves to be capable ...

Brookfield looks to enter local BTR space

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... Brookfield head of Australia real estate Sophie Fallman said she's pleased to be bringing that experience to Australia. "Housing and affordability are strong investment thematics for Brookfield and we want to invest in them around the world including ...

Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... and continues to be evident," he said. He added population growth is also particularly strong and rental lifts in the housing market as well as borrowing costs continue to contribute to cost of living pressures for households. "Certainly, the minutes ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... pressures on a touted 1.1 million Australians," he said. However, Groves commented that while CRA was a much-needed measure, housing supply at scale still needs to be addressed and said the elephant in the room is building more homes for Australians ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... maximum rates by 15%, costing about $2.7 billion over five years in order alleviate cost-of-living pressures. To ease the housing affordability crisis, Labor will increase the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation's liability cap by ...

Wealth inequality divides Australia: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... "Not owning a home has large implications - particularly as a driver of income poverty in older age and on stability of housing and associated social outcomes," the research found. Furthermore, declining home ownership rates across the population will ...

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 ...

Adviser complaints rise, super complaints decrease

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... highest number of complaints (18.2%). This is followed by complaints about deposit taking or payment systems (17.8%), housing finance (8.8%), consumer loans (8.7%), credit cards (7.6%), superannuation account administration (4.7%) and derivatives or ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... various countries, like Canada, Denmark, and Singapore, are actively seeking to invest in Australia's infrastructure, housing, commercial property, and healthcare sectors. In response, he remarked, "It's a bit weird, isn't it? If we're ...

Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... at the bigger picture view of what retirement is and will become as our population ages and home ownership rates drop. Housing must be a central consideration of a successful retirement, it said, adding that the Retirement Income Review enforced the ...