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First Home Saver proposal a winner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The proposal by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd for a "super style" savings scheme to help first home buyers save for a home has drawn strong support from the superannuation industry already champing at the bit to get involved. The proposal works by letting ...

Houses at half price

... of which are at the primary purchaser's discretion. Those who choose to go on the co-ownership plan and are first home buyers will still be eligible to the stamp duty concessions in NSW. The initiative is the most recent example of a whole new range ...

Equity lenders prepare to take on reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... first non-government shared equity loan, Rismark's equity finance mortgage, is being marketed at this stage to first home buyers and families that want to trade up, but it will not be long before the product is being offered to retirees. Rismark International ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... as did owner occupied housing. The value of fixed term investment loans fell by 1.4 per cent. The number of first home buyers as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance decreased from 16.8 per cent in July to 16.1 per cent in August. Fixed ...

First time home buyers locked out: Genworth

A leading mortgage report has highlighted data revealing that the number of first home buyers had fallen from its historical average last year despite the rise of more consumer-friendly home loan products. According to the latest Genworth Financial ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... 5.3 per cent in the June quarter to be about 6.1 per cent lower than it was last Christmas. The HIA said that first home buyers are typically committing 27.9 per cent of their income towards mortgage repayments.

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... loans approved which was the highest share of fixed rate loans since 1998. Simultaneously the share of loans to first home buyers fell to 17 per cent which is the lowest level since the middle of last year. These figures indicate some pessimism creeping ...

New mortgage products as homebuyers return to the market

... Datamonitor's report, Mortgage Products for Australia First Time, has forecasted that with lending commitments to first home buyers totalling $25.7 billion new mortgage products will emerge in the market. The report revealed how the return of first home ...

Home loan affordability lowest in over eight years

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
... across Australia was at its lowest in more than eight years at the end of 2003, making it even more difficult for first home buyers to enter the property market. During the December quarter of 2003, home loan affordability in every state and territory ...

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 ...