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Delta to impact real estate market: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
According to new analysis, the Delta strain of COVID-19 could change Australia's housing landscape dramatically. The research comes from BuyersBuyers, a property buyers agency network, and RiskWise and looks to examples overseas to predict how Australia ...

Significant drop in charitable giving

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... environment/animals (post bushfires) and religion. The largest falls were in arts, education, social services and development/housing. "The last 18 months has been extraordinary for charitable organisations. The significant drop in giving has been especially ...

KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... the UN's guiding principles for business and human rights," the pension fund said. The banks, in particular, finance housing construction and contribute to the development, expansion or maintenance of the settlements, Aziz commented. "Construction ...

Cbus hires from APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... contributing to the consolidation and enhancement of its history of top-quartile performance." The fund estimates its in-housing strategy has saved members about $400 million in investment fees over the last four years.

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... annual rate of minus 3.0% to minus 2.0% in May. Personal credit was also better in May (-6.4% from -7.8%) while growth in housing credit quickened to an annual rate of 4.8% in May (from 4.4% in April) with both owner-occupied housing (6.6% vs. 6.2%) ...

Macquarie launches build-to-rent platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... and long-term ownership of rental communities in exciting urban locations, benefiting from a growing demand for rental housing and an undersupply of high-quality accommodation. All homes developed by Goodstone Living will be focused on promoting decarbonisation ...

Homebuyer schemes speed up saving time

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... annual rate of growth seen across the Australian residential property market since April 2004, when the early 2000's housing boom was winding down after a period of exceptional growth. However, there are some markets where performance is starting ...

Charter Hall exec to chair NHFIC board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation has appointed Charter Hall's Adrian Harrington as its chair, and two other members in a board renewal. The government agency, which lets private companies lend to social and affordable housing ...

Cbus invests in NHFIC issues

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
Cbus Super has invested $51 million in two recent funding rounds from the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), taking the fund's total allocation to social and affordable housing to about $140 million. Cbus invested $10 million ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have issued an alarming report on the state of the Australian housing market, referring to it as a "beast" that is "rampaging through the economy". The researchers are calling for a Royal Commission ...