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Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
First home buyers are already being squeezed out of the market by investors and, as residential investment becomes attractive to self-managed super funds, fears are growing the squeeze will get even tighter. John McGrath, a real estate and investment ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Falling home ownership rates mean a quarter of all future retirees may not own their own home, undermining key assumptions of previous retirement affordability studies, REST Industry Super said yesterday. The worrying figures come from research tabled ...

VISSF appoints mandate with State Trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
The Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund has appointed State Trustees Limited to provide financial planning services to its members. VISSF chose Victoria-based State Trustees after a thorough evaluation process, noted a statement from the ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... which it said that demand from investors and "upgraders" was growing and would more than make up for any slack as first home buyer activity started to slacken off later this year. BIS Shrapnel expects prices to keep going up but they will move slowly ...

Residential property wins

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Residential property investment is the highest performing asset class over the last 20 years according to latest research, and one way to access it is to buy into pooled residential property funds. Lee Hughes, analyst at property research specialist ...

Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... comparable store sales climbed by 4 per cent. Likewise, the Housing Industry Association and Commonwealth Bank First Home Buyer Affordability index improved by 39.2 per cent in the December quarter, taking housing to its most affordable level in five ...

First home buyers tap $21k bonus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
If website clicks are anything to go by, then the latest data from X Inc Finance suggests first home buyers are wading back to the market thanks to new government incentives. Jennifer Nielsen, chief executive of Loan Market Group, which includes X Inc ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Housing affordability is like petrol prices in that it brings out the economic enthusiasts with their so-called miracle solutions. The latest set of big ideas is from the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability that this week released its major ...

Value of investment housing loans apps up 1.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Surging rental demand combined with damp house prices might finally be attracting more cashed-up investor capital into the housing market. According to the April 2008 Housing Finance figures just released by the ABS, while the value of owner occupied ...

Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Superannuation industry bodies AIST, ISN and IFF have banded together to propose measures tailoring First Home Saver Accounts to better aid struggling first home buyers. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST, said the scheme should be structured in ...