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Raiding super can worsen housing affordability: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... superannuation to purchase a home will not solve the affordable housing crisis and would potentially lead to higher property prices, a new analysis from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows. The association said that "raiding" ...

Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... However, new modelling from SMC found allowing first homebuyers to withdraw their super for a home deposit could see property prices rise by nearly $75,000 across Australia's five largest capital cities. The analysis from SMC comes as the Senate ...

Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... has fallen for younger and lower- to middle-income Australians over the past 40 years. Increases in residential property prices, later workforce entry, delay of household formation and declining housing affordability have all been key factors in this ...

We sit at a watershed moment: Paton

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... be within one or maybe two final returns. "After recent events, perhaps we're already there," Paton said. Property prices will continue their moderation to somewhere in the order of a 15-20% decline from peak, plus or minus, depending upon location. ...

Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... said. "As the cumulative effects of lower savings, higher costs of living, negative wealth effect from falling property prices and increased interest rate payments start to hit consumers back pockets we anticipate a pullback in discretionary spending ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... unlikely to see the RBA adopt a more aggressive policy compared to other major countries." Finally, while Australian property prices likely have more downside, Oliver believes there is no sign of a property crash dragging down banks and pushing the economy ...

Australia likely to avoid recession: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... According to Oliver, a slump in consumer spending (thanks to rate hikes, cost of living pressures and falling property prices) along with weaker global growth, will see Australian growth slow to around 1.5% this year. "2022 was not so good and economic ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... much higher yields than office and retail property. These have since equalised, triggering a rise in industrial property prices. Thanks to industrial property, the fund delivered an above-average return for the year to June 2022, according to Rainmaker ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
After surging 28.6% between the pandemic low in September 2020 to a high in April, national property prices have fallen 6%, said AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. "The key drivers of the downturn remain: poor affordability, rising mortgage rates, some ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... in a further widening in risk premiums," the review said. "Large and disorderly declines in financial asset and property prices as a result of higher interest rates and increased risk aversion could disrupt key funding markets and strain the balance ...
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