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Tasmania leads economic recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Tasmania continues to be the best-performing economy thanks to a booming housing market, a new report shows. For the eighth quarter in a row, the Apple Isle has outgunned the other states and territories based on its relative unemployment, retail spending ...

Inflation to retreat in 2022: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... economy. But we also need to be cognisant of the important differences - cyclical as well as technical (the treatment of housing, like including what an owner of a house would otherwise be paying in rent, and the inclusion of used cars, for example) ...

Investors dig deeper for alternative assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... the pandemic," AEW managing director and head of research and strategy Glyn Nelson said. Multi-family or build-to-rent housing in Australia is also expected to surge, thanks to low interest rates and double-digit growth rates in property across major ...

DomaCom hits $100m in FUM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... commercial property opportunities, rural farmland, renewable energy, property developments, disability and affordable housing, special opportunities in new business, mortgage lending and land banking. Perhaps the most progressive development for the ...

IFM, Citi pour $300m into Household Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Australians. By working with Household Capital, we are able to directly support the quality and availability of retirement housing and funding." Citi Australasia managing director and head of corporate banking Stella Choe added: "We are proud to partner ...

Super for home deposits could ignite new boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... could ignite a further house price boom. The report, Mortgaging Our Future, used modelling to project the effect on the housing market should Australians be given access to their super to use on a home deposit. The suggested policy has been advocated ...

FPA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... executive. Sarah Abood takes the post in mid-January 2022, leaving behind her role as chief operating officer of HOPE Housing Funds Management, a not-for-profit that provides shared equity financing for essential workers. Abood was the chief executive ...

Goldman Sachs backs disability housing scheme in $137m deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Disability housing investor Synergis has today announced that Goldman Sachs Asset Management will become a key investor in the platform, as it targets total equity deployment of at least $137 million. Rental income in the niche specialist disability ...

Brokers warn of looming disaster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... rent. The FBAA commissioned a survey, conducted by research firm McCrindle, to assess the impact a rate rise would have on housing affordability. When asked if rising interest rates would put pressure on their financial position, 66% of respondents agreed ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... including economic growth, retail spending, equipment investment, unemployment, construction work done, population growth, housing finance and dwelling commencements. Tasmania ranked first on construction, retail spending, relative unemployment and dwelling ...