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Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... officials along with housing executives vowed it could never happen, nonetheless, the national median price of American homes is expected to fall for the first time since statistics began in 1950. Economists forecast the decline, estimated at 1-2 per ...

AXA re-writes individual insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... older, richer but into more debt. For the first time there are more people paying off mortgages than those who own their homes outright. This change means there has never been a greater need for the right level of insurance cover. The product changes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... payouts for the previous day's earthquake in north-west Japan that killed nine people, injured 1,000 and destroyed hundreds of homes. The Nikkei closed down 21.68 points at 18,217.27. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rose 0.45 per cent as a strong rebound ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... overnight, as interest-rate concerns spurred investors to lock in profits from the market's recent rally. News that sales of new homes climbed at their fastest pace in 14 years signalled that a slowdown in housing may have bottomed out, but it also put ...

Accommodation shopping? Try the local mall

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... developers. But developers seem to have bigger fish to fry and investors are competing with owner-occupiers for established homes, driving house prices up in areas of limited stock. In April, 33.8 per cent of new mortgages went to investors, beating ...

Centric to improve the health of doctors

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... many doctors lured them into a state of confidence that their financial affairs would take care of themselves. Many owned homes and "lifestyle assets", said Cooke, but these alone were not enough to ensure a smooth transition to retirement, short of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... suggests a little more pressure on the RBA when it meets next week. The Housing Industry Association survey of the sales of new homes showed that they increased by 8,193 in February or 2.9 per cent versus the more healthy increases of 5.8 and 6.0 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... unexpectedly by 3.9 per cent in February to the lowest level in seven years. On the other side of the ledger, the supply of unsold homes is now at the highest level for 16 years. The US sub-prime market that has been in the news lately as a result of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... about $33 billion is due to enter the Future Fund which would then make it five years ahead of schedule. In the US existing homes sales have shown a 3.9 per cent rise although the median house price which rose about $2,000 on average over the last month ...

Baby boomers in good shape

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
... heading into retirement. The report found that four out of five baby boomers own their own home, with average equity in their homes of $161,000 per person, which accounts for around 42 per cent of their total net wealth. The average superannuation account ...