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Special bond issues could fix unaffordable housing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... around how to correct what they claim is unbalanced tax treatment (of investment housing) that distorts the residential housing market. The proposed housing affordability plan includes a low-risk fixed interest investment bond designed to free up capital ...

Bank profits exceed 25 per cent

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... $72.1 billion. APRA's monthly banking statistics for March showed the big four banks had the most exposure to residential housing with Westpac leading the pack at $274.8 billion of housing loans, both owner-occupied and investment. The Commonwealth was ...

US resi housing collapse hits CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has suffered a 35 per cent write-down in the market value of its $15 billion residential housing portfolio. Latest figures from CalPERS' assessment of its housing portfolio showed that its assets stood at $9.6 billion ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... other residential building commencements fell by 4.5 per cent suggesting a preservation of demand for basic residential housing while units and flats were less in demand. Despite the rise, the total year on year number of starts was down by 2.6 per cent ...

Cash becomes king with inflation on the up

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
... the present "volatile" macro and mircroeconomic conditions signal that "cash is king" relative to bonds and residential housing.

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... indicated a tightening job market. The survey showed moderate economic growth with some slowing emerging in the residential housing sector (sales, prices, construction). Likewise, the Fed noted the rise in energy prices were at the head of price pressures ...

Westpac flags billion dollar play in residential REIT

... the punch by planting its stake in the largest, and ironically untapped, property segment in the country - residential housing. This week, the group announced that it has bought $100 million worth of residential property from the Defence Housing Authority ...

Moody's sees steady growth in structured finance securities

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
... finance securities market in 2004, following a record 2003. Growth this year should measure about 10% as the residential housing market cools, compared with a surge of 23% to $45.5 billion in 2003, Moody's said in a report. At the same time, projected ...

Fitch says banks could handle housing downturn: survey

The residential housing market faces an exaggerated downturn but Australian banks look well placed to handle the consequences, according to a new report released by Fitch ratings today. Fitch said household debt appeared to be continuing its "inexorable ...
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