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Super fund commits $20m for housing affordability

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... to help improve housing affordability and sustainability via a scalable, innovative apartment project. Targeted at first home buyers, Affordable Housing clients and those working in key community occupations, 'Nightingale Village' is a 185-apartment ...

Intrust launches micro-saving app

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... in the background without them having to think about it. It could even help them save for a house deposit using the First Home Super Saver scheme." Launched last year, the First Home Super Saver scheme allows new home buyers to contribute up to $15,000 ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... for 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. ...

New retirement loan launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... superannuation or investment accounts, home renovations, fund health and aged-care costs and support family members with first home deposits and education expenses. Funder said no commissions or trailing commission to brokers are paid and there are no ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... spent by the patient above 15,000 yuan could be deducted, with an annual cap of 60,000 yuan. On interest for loan for first home by the taxpayers or their spouses, a monthly deduction of 1000 yuan will be allowed. For housing rent, the deduction will ...

Early release of super, FHSSS gaining traction: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... independently confirm the amount authorised for release, Treasury said at the time. O'Halloran also said that the First Home Super Saver (FHSS) Scheme is successfully underway since it was introduced in the 2017-18 Budget. Over the same period, the ...

Look inside to drive fintech forward: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... initial funding from Westpac to build its online mortgage broking business. The firm launched in May 2016 and settled its first home loan a month later. By September 2016 it had secured $16.5 million in funding from Westpac and four months later it received ...

Lendlease and Canadian pension fund enter $2.6bn investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
Australian property and infrastructure giant Lendlease and a $330 billion Canadian pension fund are committing to a $2.6 billion build-to-rent investment partnership in the UK. Lendlease's partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) ...

Potential windfall to be found in super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... significant benefits offered by incoming superannuation reforms, with clients preparing for retirement or searching for their first home in line for the lion's share. NAB director of SMSF and customer behaviour Gemma Dale said it's crucial consumers ...

AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... for 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 ...