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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... reading since March 2004. The index measures four components of future activity in the approvals for the construction of new homes, money supply, shares prices and US industrial production and suggests good economic growth over the next three to six ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc, led the declines. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes fell in July to their lowest level since January 2004. An Iranian news agency said Tehran soon will announce a "very important ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... planning policies and state government taxes and charges have caused Australians to pay double what they should for their homes. The Warburton Hendy international tax benchmarking report concluded that the nation's transaction taxes tallied to 1.6 per ...

Bluestone making aged care bonds affordable

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
... new product to assist retirees in funding residential aged care accommodation bonds by using the equity in their family homes, while also resisting any rise to its fixed-for-life product despite last week's 25 basis point interest rate rise. The EQUITYtap ...

Mortgage brokers see clearly with Vivid

MLC has launched a licensee offer called 'Vivid', designed for mortgage brokers who want to break into finance planning and insurance advice. Under the licensee offer, MLC will provide training and support services so that mortgage brokers can give ...

Govt recommends 3 per cent super top-up for under 40s

... start with the guaranteed 9 per cent level of super, and recognise the flawed assumption that future retirees will own their homes, this report's failure to recognise strategies that will aid entry into the housing market for young people may result ...

Two charged over dodgy building insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Two men will face court over allegations they operated the Homesafe Equities builders warranty insurance business dishonestly and without proper license. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has brought charges against Victorian ...

Pensioners call for 13 per cent more council tax rebate: CPSA

... must make ends meet on less than $500 a fortnight. These are the people who have slaved all their lives to pay off their homes and are now forced out of them because unaffordable rates and charges." Mifsud argued that council rate rebates were set in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
... the market closed the government said that the local loop and sub-loop copper-wire lines between telephone exchanges and homes and businesses would be unbundled. That is expected to allow other Internet Service Providers to compete fully with Telecom ...

Daily economic update

... cent in March - the biggest increase in 10 years - to 1.21 million units annualised from 1.07 million units. The supply of homes available for sale fell to 5.5 months from 6.3 months. The median price fell to US$224,200 and is down 2.2 per cent from ...