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Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... housing and the negative wealth effect on the consumer and economy." The Coalition also promised incentives for first home buyers, which may get a boost from APRA's announcement that it was looking at relaxing lending requirements for mortgage lending. ...

Retirement funder partners with ME Bank

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... transition to aged care, he said, adding this approach also enables the transfer of home equity between generations to fund first-home buyers' deposits and educational expenses. Funder said Household Capital loans fill the gap of reverse mortgages, which ...

AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... AFCA to overcome," the submission said. Alongside the passage of AFCA, two housing affordability measures - the First Home Buyers Super Savers Scheme and the Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures - also passed the Senate. The bills, which ...

Housing affordability depresses confidence: Westpac

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Aspiring first home buyers remain fearful of their financial futures with new research showing the housing affordability crisis is impacting financial confidence. The survey, commissioned by Westpac, found the majority of first home buyers are not feeling ...

Major advice firm endorses first home super saver scheme

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... legislative agenda. The advisory firm argues that moving on the proposed legislation would give certainty to first home buyers about whether the scheme will be available for use in 2017. Dixon Advisory head of advice Nerida Cole said as property prices ...

Stamp duty axing treated with caution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... said. Verante Financial Planning director Liam Shorte told Financial Standard while he understands why many first home buyers will greet the news with excitement, the policy may only serve to increase house prices. "This is a small win for some, but ...

Advisers doubtful over super home deposit scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... of questions surrounding the initiative, announced in Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget, which aims to help first home buyers save up for a deposit via their super fund while taking advantage of a lower taxation regime. From 1 July 2017, voluntary contributions ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... foothold in the property market. The scheme, announced as part of the Federal Budget on Tuesday night, will allow first home buyers to use up to $30,000 of voluntary superannuation contributions, plus the earnings generated from those savings, to place ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... Planning Association of Australia reinforced its stance that superannuation should not be made accessible to first home buyers. Under proposals made in the Federal Budget delivered last night, first home buyers will be able to salary sacrifice super ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... Those that Breckon saw as welcome were the downsizing provisions for older people and the initiative to allow first home buyers to make voluntary contributions to super of up to $30,000 to provide a deposit on a home. He said the latter "neatly sidestepped ...