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Save money, save water: X Inc

... application to buy water saving devices, an initiative partly borne out of the group's experience when visiting clients in their homes. "There are a lot of parallels in terms of saving money through your home loan and something as simple as saving water," ...

ASIC pleased with insurance industry

... rebuilding. The report, Making Home Insurance Better, was prompted by the 2003 Canberra bushfires where on average the 488 homes lost were underinsured by 27 to 40 per cent. 'It's extremely difficult to estimate how much it will cost to rebuild your ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
... 1984, according to the latest release. The index is now 15 plus per cent less than in December 2005 which was when first homes were their most affordable. The HIA has found that mortgage repayments have increased by 6.3 per cent so that the average repayment ...

Mobile age drives up demand for storage: Abacus

... said that there are several drivers to the sector's growth including the downsizing of the ageing population to smaller homes and high density apartment living forcing renters or unit owners to seek extra storage facilities. The corporate sector also ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... month's outlook on both inflation and economic growth. Earlier this month data showed signs of economic cooling as existing homes sales fell for the sixth conservative month in September and the median prices were down from a year ago. The Fed is also ...

Stockland opens unlisted shopping centre fund

Shopping centre giant Stockland has launched the first of a series of unlisted shopping centre funds it will offer to retail investors. Called the Stockland Direct Retail Trust (SDRT) No. 1, the fund will house a diverse group of shoping centers including ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... base metals index increased by 59 per cent, non-rural commodity prices rose only 23 per cent. In the US sales of existing homes decreased by 0.5 per cent in August while the total of unsold houses increased to its highest level since April 1993. On an ...

Home equity needs to be part of retirement strategy

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... typically hungry for more options in their financial strategies, and a shift in how people thought about the equity in their homes would give them genuine choices for funding retirement. The Over Fifty Group paper is available via the website at www.overfifty.com.au ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... per cent to 2.9 per cent from the first to the second quarter of this year. Monday sees the release of data on existing homes sales and Wednesday will see data for new homes. Wednesday will also see the durable goods orders numbers out and therefore ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... of 1.4 per cent was the highest for 10 quarters. HIA Chief Economist Simon Tennant noted that there are 50 per cent less homes on the market than a couple of years ago and that about 25,000 homes need to built yearly just to keep up with demand. Treasurer ...