housing

Property

Home loan rates down, mortgage stress up

Research from Roy Morgan showed mortgage stress increased at the end of the 2016-2017 financial year, despite lower rates....

Funds management

Charter Hall Direct Property launches new fund

Charter Hall Direct Property has today announced the launch of the Charter Hall Direct PFA Fund....

Financial planning

ANZ profit up for third quarter

ANZ has reported a third quarter profit increase of 5.3 per cent for FY2017, largely driven by the owner-occupier housing segment....

Funds management

Cromwell increases distributions

Cromwell has announced distribution increases and positive revaluations across a number of unlisted property funds....

Financial planning

Soaring household debt poses risk to economy

Soaring household debt poses potential risk to economy, according to the researchers from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, University of Sydney....

Superannuation

First home super scheme can engage millennials

Linking housing with superannuation is a powerful mechanism to encourage millennials to engage with their super and planners should now engage with millennial clients....

Superannuation

First home savers scheme could be a disaster

It would be disastrous if the First Home Super Savers Scheme led to allowing other withdrawals from super, according to the Federal Opposition....

Life/Risk

Comprehensive approach needed for those unwilling to downsize

The Government has left the door open to consider a more comprehensive approach in allowing seniors to use the equity in their homes, Homesafe Solutions believes....

Life/Risk

Property investors exposed to structural risks

Australian property investors are increasingly exposed to significant concentration risk, according to Rice Warner....

Superannuation

Using super for housing 'cynical', 'counterproductive'

Using super for housing would be cynical, counterproductive and likely to fuel Australia's housing crisis....

Financial planning

Declining home ownership a future pension problem

New economic analysis has warned that declining levels of home ownership risk putting more pressure on the Age Pension....

Superannuation

Early super access for first home ‘bad policy’

Allowing young people early access to super to fund their first home would set back a retirement system still struggling to fully deliver, the ISA said....

Financial planning

Understanding investment concepts a barrier

There was a lack of understanding of general investment concepts such as diversification and risk/return trade-off among Australians, with males more likely to understand...