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Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Australian funds management group Quantum has launched a US residential property fund to invest in single family homes in economically sound cities. The fund aims to take advantage of the steep decline in US property prices, low interest rates and the ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... increased by 1.3% to an annualised rate of 307,000 units - less than the expected 315K - in October. This puts the sale of new homes on track to end 2011 as the lowest on record. Yes, reports out last night give financial markets reason to kick the bucket ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... million markets' predicted. Better... at this sales pace, it would now take only eight months to wipe out existing supply of homes. What's good in this is that, according to the National Association of Realtors, seven to eight months is consistent with ...

ASFA warns against using super to buy homes

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned against making any changes to the superannuation system to help young people get a foot on the property ladder. It follows recent calls from head of Lateral Economics, Nicholas Gruen, to ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... Australia's growing population that is well on its way to 30 million by 2020, we are going to need an extra 1.6 million homes by this time. But with housing stock increasing at less than 150,000 each year compared to the 179,000 annual housing growth ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... 51.1. And these were good because...? At least for America, there's no ifs, ands or buts on last night's eco release. US new homes sales fell by 0.7% to an annualised rate of 298,000 units in July. This was the lowest level in five months and worse than ...

Investors eye aged care infrastructure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... way to mergers and acquisitions opportunities for domestic and foreign investment. Currently investment in modern nursing homes is stilted due to Australian Government's planning targets, with price and supply constraints as the Government currently ...

Re-financing of aged care announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... their home then they would not be penalised by losing the pension in a means test as they do under the present arrangements. Homes could be sold and the proceeds banked in the new Australian Age Pensioner's Savings Account which would attract interest ...

Adviser fee structures hit the spotlight

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... he said. "If you are charging asset-based fees and you have clients who are using gearing - investing equity from their homes, margin lending or using internally-geared products (eg MLC Horizon 7) - you can't charge them asset-based fees," he told Financial ...

Super fund leaps into life stage insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... "For example, when people reach their 30s they're often at a stage of their life when they take on significant debt to buy homes and are starting families." "We think age 30 is a reasonable trigger event for taking on extra responsibilities, so we are ...