HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

Financial planning

In a survey of experts, 58% say this is not a good time to buy property as further price falls are expected....

Financial planning

The Australian financial services sector must address six critical challenges in order to navigate risks and opportunities, according to the Australian Sustainable Financ...

Funds management

DomaCom has announced it has completed $2.95 million capital raise through the issue of a convertible security....

Life/Risk

The government measures put in place in the 2017 Federal Budget would be unlikely to translate into a real fix for housing market challenges....

Editorial

Allowing young Australians to access their super to fund home purchases is tantamount to crossing a quarter-horse with a donkey to deliver a not very pretty mule....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has directly targeted borrowing within self-managed superannuation funds within an eight-point plan aimed at addressing the housing affordability c...

Superannuation

Much attention will be directed to the outcome of Cabinet committee discussions today in the wake of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull signaling his ongoing opposition to p...

Superannuation

Cbus has joined the chorus of super industry associations and the Federal opposition in opposing the proposal to use super to fund a first home....

Policy & Regulation

The government should consider the impact agent commissions have on housing affordability, according to private sales platform, PropertyNow....

News

The September quarter saw a decline in housing affordability nationally and the continuation of a decline in first home buyers. ...

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