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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 ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... "the survey detail suggests increased pressures on family finances; concerns around interest rates; and housing affordability in NSW and Victoria are more than outweighing increased confidence around jobs." "Much of the weakness is likely to reflect ...

First home super scheme may not make it to parliament in 2018

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... Treasurer Scott Morrison last month said the Government was "launching the next phase of its comprehensive housing affordability package" by releasing draft legislation to help Australians buy their first home, and encouraged interested stakeholders ...

Australia a nation changing fast: Census

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... 31% in 2016, a change that will only exacerbate concerns about Australia's residential property market and housing affordability. This may explain, however, why apartments, flats and townhouses have increased as a share of all housing dwellings from ...

DomaCom chasing Federal Court exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... protecting the assets of the SMSF. The Federal Court action follows years of working to help solve the issue of housing affordability for young people. "The unique arm's length structure of the DomaCom Fund protects the SMSF assets whilst generating ...

Stamp duty axing treated with caution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... their children to save, such as matching them dollar for dollar." More information on the NSW Government's housing affordability package can be found here.

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 ...

Government trials social impact investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... 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 outcomes for young people ...

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 ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... 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 and welcome," ...