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Consultation opens on NHIF remit expansion

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
The government is seeking stakeholder views on broadening the remit of the National Housing Finance Infrastructure Facility (NHIF), administered by the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), to attract more private capital into ...

Aware Real Estate welcomes finance lead

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... by 2027." "Tracey's appointment supports our strategy for growth and to solidify our leadership in the affordable housing space through our Essential Worker Housing Program which currently provides 500 apartments across multiple capital cities with ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... policy actions, and we are seeing the effects on demand in the most interest-rate-sensitive sectors of the economy, such as housing. It will take time, however, for the full effects of monetary restraint to be realised, especially on inflation," Powell ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... according to CoreLogic, the contagion of price falls has spread from Sydney and Melbourne, the geographic scope of Australia's housing downturn broadening to every capital city, and most regional areas. Across capital cities the month-on-month decline ...

Ivanhoe Cambridge commits to Aussie student housing

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... The Canadian investment giant has partnered with Scape Core Program, and now holds the largest and pre-eminent student housing portfolio in Australia. Ivanhoe Cambridge has committed about $1 billion to the program. With 27 buildings and over 13,000 ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... previously reported by Financial Standard, in its maiden budget, the government announced that it's introducing the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund to increase housing supply and to improve service delivery. The fund will provide 20,000 new ...

Plans afoot to narrow gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... impact assessments on key measures to ensure women's outcomes were considered. These issues included the care economy, housing, and jobs and skills. This approach will continue to be used in future Budgets, the government said. The national gender pay ...

Affordable housing in Budget spotlight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
Access to affordable housing is at the core of the Federal Budget, including a new national Housing Accord struck between the government, institutional investors, and industry to help tackle the growing issue. Under the Housing Accord, one million new ...

Household Capital partners with Genworth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... of Australian homeownership, which is retirement. "We're very much aligned in focusing on the family home as both housing and funding for retirement." On the partnership, Genworth chief executive Pauline Blight-Johnstone said: "Genworth is delighted ...

PwC appoints chief economist for Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... develop and implement public policy in her areas of expertise, public finance, public goods (energy, water, and waste), housing and financial services. As chief economist, Auster will head PwC's economic research unit and lead the firm's economic related ...