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Challenger says divests non core property assets

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
... four commercial/industrial properties, an office building and a call centre, were assets of the Challenger Life company property portfolio, which largely underpins Challenger's complying annuity products. Challenger chief executive officer Chris Cuffe ...

Court rules against Henry Kaye company

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
... an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to wind up a company controlled by rogue property investor Henry Kaye. Justice Ron Merkel ruled that the Kaye company Property Corporate Services (PCS) be declared insolvent ...

Housing finance figures point to continued market cooling

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
New figures today point to a continued cooling in the property market in the wake of the latest two increases in mortgage rates. Housing finance figures for owner occupied homes dipped 8.1% in January, following interest rate increases in November and ...

Henry Kaye strategies not practical, court hears

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
High-profile property spruiker Henry Kaye's investment strategies were neither practical nor realistic, a leading Melbourne property analyst told the Federal Court yesterday. But the court also heard other expert evidence that Kaye's strategies of investing ...

Wizard boss tips investment property supporting mortgage sector

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
Baby boomers are increasingly hitching their retirement to investment property rather than superannuation which will support the home loan industry in years to come, Wizard Home Loans executive chairman Mark Bouris said yesterday. Mr Bouris, speaking ...

Differentiation the key to investment property: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
Differentiation should be a key concern for people shopping for investment property, Westpac Banking Corp's head of property Frank Allen said yesterday. Mr Allen said the residential property market was already showing signs of softening but was unlikely ...

Court appoints liquidator to 10 property developers

The Supreme Court of NSW has appointed a liquidator to 10 property developers, after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) requested they be wound up on the grounds that they are insolvent. Max Christopher Donnelly, of Ferrier ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... market closed virtually flat, with weakness in resource stocks balanced out by stronger sectors of the market such as property trusts, financial services and the healthcare. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed half a point higher at 3389.0 while the ...

Perpetual wins fund manager award

... Management while Challenger was awarded the Australian equities small companies fund and Zurich took the award for listed property manager. Boutique firm 452 Capital took the award for emerging fund manager of the year.

Victorian government lifts mortgage tax

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
... The Victorian government will lift mortgage stamp duty for first home buyers while retaining the heftier tax levied on property purchase prices. Premier Steve Bracks said the state tax would be dropped from July 1 this year, a reprieve worth up to $200 ...