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Pay super fortnightly: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
The industry superannuation peak body believes retirement savers are losing millions in interest due to quarterly super contributions. Industry Super Australia is calling for changes to the laws governing superannuation contributions in Australia, arguing ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... Australian property prices weren't in meltdown mode back then. They are now! Fresh data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) adds to those I've already painted in my previous piece, " Australian property market slump ". According to HIA ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... headlines and concerns over further price falls become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Other indicators are equally negative - HIA new home sales dropped by 12.2% in the year to November; AiG performance of construction index dug deeper into construction ...

Australia construction activity eases contraction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... the rate of contraction is easing. This is the indication from the Australian Industry Group's (AiG)/Housing Industry Group (HIA) Performance of Construction Index. The index climbed to 47.0 points in December, continuing its improvement from 46.6 in ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... - that would become even higher if Standard & Poor's make good on its warning to downgrade Australia's AAA-rating. Latest HIA data show total new home sales dropped by 5.0% in the year to October and the ABS reporting that the total number of dwellings ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... prices may have finally broken the back of the Australian housing market. Latest data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) show that total new home sales dropped by 8.5% to 7,094 units in the month of October - the lowest level since July 2014 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... declined by3%, capital goods by 1% and consumption goods decreased by 0.2%. Australia AiG performance of construction The AiG/HIA performance of construction index bounced back up into expansion territory to a reading of 51.4 in September from 46.6 in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... oversupply in apartments is building, if not already. More so if taken in conjunction with the Housing Industry Association's (HIA) latest update on new home sales. Total new home sales dropped by 9.7% in July as sales declined for both detached homes ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Australia HIA new home sales Fresh data released by the Housing Industry Association (HIA) on sales of new homes has triggered concerns that Australia's housing boom is coming to an end. New home sales dropped by 9.7% -- the fastest since May 2006 - ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... May after falling by 3.0% in April - but "multi-unit" sales rebounded by 4.9% last month after slumping by 10.7% in April. HIA chief economist Harley Dale noted in the report that, "There is nothing alarming to a reversal in the trend for new home sales. ...