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Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... is currently." "Conditions in the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets have continued to ease and nationwide measures of rent inflation remain low." Indeed. CoreLogic's "5 capital city aggregate" home value index decreased by 4% in the year to October ...

DomaCom concludes Federal Court action

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Federal Court proceedings supported by DomaCom have concluded, allowing an SMSF to invest in DomaCom's fund even if a related party is a tenant in the underlying property. Last month, the Federal Court found that the sole purpose test was not breached ...

Unlisted property returns surpass equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
The unlisted property sector outperformed Australian and global equities over the last financial year despite rising rates and global economic uncertainty, latest research shows. Australia's unlisted property sector returned 18.7% while local equities ...

Industry fund and Lendlease strike $1.4bn property deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... US$400 million ($547m). First State Super head of income and real assets Damien Webb said the multifamily (residential for rent) sector has attractive long-term fundamentals. "Over the past few years First State Super has proactively researched the multifamily ...

Federal Court rules partly in favour of DomaCom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
A Federal Court ruling on a potential breach of the Sole Purpose Test has been termed a "milestone" for the SMSF industry, however there are still hurdles to clear before sub-funds are not considered in-house assets or related trusts under the SIS (Superannuation ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Just in time for tomorrow's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monthly board meeting, ME Bank published the results of the 14th survey of its "Household Financial Comfort Report", taken last June. "The ME Household Financial Comfort Report provides ...

SMSFs overlooking off-the-plan property risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... identify loss of income if there's an oversupply in an area. SMSFs should find out why it's problematic to find tenants to rent the property, and which demographics the dwellings may appeal to, he said. Westpac recently announced it will no longer offer ...

Independent planning firm jumps into agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
Growth Farms' recently launched farm leasing fund picked up a cornerstone investment from a $1 billion advisory group. Providence Wealth has made a "substantial" investment in the fledgling Australian Agricultural Lease Fund, making it the fund's cornerstone ...

Commercial property manager hires sales executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
Australian commercial real estate debt and investment manager MaxCap Group has appointed a distribution director based in Singapore. Chris van Beek joins from UBS Asset Management where he was executive director of real estate and private markets for ...

Agricultural asset manager promotes new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... Growth Farms, the $440 million specialist agricultural asset manager, has launched a new trust-structure fund that will buy rent-generating agricultural properties. Its Australian Agricultural Lease Fund is looking for total investment up to $100 million ...