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Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... Still not bad but not when you consider that the rate of slowdown had been slowed only by continued buoyancy in credit to housing - up 6.5% in the year to April with investment housing re-accelerating to 7.3% (from 7.1% in the year to March) and owner-occupied ...

Worried parents prefer banks over stocks: Stockspot

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
Parents who are worried about housing affordability and their children's financial futures are choosing bank accounts over share investment portfolios as the preferred savings vehicle. A Stockspot report found 85% of parents worry their children will ...

Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... increased by 0.9% in March, more than reversing the previous month's 0.7% drop with lending increasing for both owner-occupied housing (0.9%)and for investment housing (0.8%) over the month. Year-on-year, the number of total dwelling finance commitments ...

LRBA loophole for SMSFs removed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... intended." Last month, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen called for banning of all direct borrowing by SMSFs to "cool an overheated housing market." The LRBA measure is estimated to increase treasury revenue by $4 million, while the related-party transaction ...

Government trials social impact investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... non-government and private sectors create other types of social impact investment proposals. In an additional attempt to alleviate housing affordability pressures, the Government will also allocate $10.2 million over 10 years to improve housing and welfare ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
In the wake of new Budget measures to ease pressures on housing affordability, the Financial Planning Association of Australia reinforced its stance that superannuation should not be made accessible to first home buyers. Under proposals made in the ...

Investment trusts receive affordable housing concessions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
The Government is removing restrictions on managed investment trusts to facilitate new affordable housing developments. Investors will be able to pool funds into a professionally-managed scheme and receive concessional tax treatments assuming that at ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... Government has played a pretty straight bat and stuck closely to its pre-Budget announcement themes of infrastructure and housing affordability. Superannuation and financial services came in for some interesting changes - some of which were interesting ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... government is "encouraging a raid on superannuation savings." "The first home super saver scheme will do nothing to address housing affordability but will work to undermine Australia's world-class superannuation system and Labor will not support it," ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... students, or if "you need to see a GP, or you're trying to buy your first home." He added the Budget was a "massive failure on housing affordability." First home buyers will now be able to make voluntary contributions (limited to $15,000 per year and ...