housing market

Financial planning

Almost half of the experts surveyed in Finder’s latest RBA Cash Rate Survey say the growth in the housing market is unsustainable....

Financial planning

Housing market not fulfilling long-term needs for older Australians

Research has found current housing meets the short-term needs for over 90 per cent of older Australians, but only 70 per cent for longer-term needs....

Financial planning

Australia’s growth at decade-low

The weakening in the Australian economy has been triggered by a protracted downturn in the housing market, according to Fitch Ratings....

Financial planning

Fixed income investors spooked by falling house prices

Australian fixed income investors believe falling house prices pose the biggest risk to credit markets with 95 per cent expecting prices to fall further....

Policy & Regulation

Small businesses to lose out from proposed negative gearing changes

More than $1.8 billion per year in repair and maintenance work on negatively geared homes could be lost if Labor goes ahead with its policy to impose restrictions on the ...

Funds management

Centuria enters affordable housing market

Centuria has announced that it has entered the social and affordable housing market and committed to deliver close to 200 dwellings throughout the Hunter and Central Coas...

Financial planning

Millennials look to capitalise on housing slump

The current property market slump has inspired over a third of Millennials to consider how they can benefit from the plummeting house prices, as they look to have their s...

SMSF

SMSFs should look to industrial property

As banks cease SMSF loans for residential property, alongside a downturn in the housing market and potential policy changes, trustees may benefit from looking to its indu...

Funds management

Housing slowdown makes experts cautious on Aussie equities

The housing market slowdown and the tightening of credit standards has made experts cautious on Australian equities, according to Janus Henderson....

Funds management

Geopolitics won’t break Australia’s stride

Australian equities are likely to remain a source of healthy yield and capital growth next year despite global political tensions, according to T. Rowe Price....

Policy & Regulation

ALP proposals could hit property market hard

The Labor Party’s proposed reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax could split the property market in two, despite promises from Canberra that the changes would...

Policy & Regulation

New research counters Labor’s negative gearing claims

New research commissioned by building industry group, Master Builders Australia has pointed to significant economic damage resulting from the Federal Opposition’s policie...

Funds management

Bond yields to remain range-bound

Although a decline in Australian housing prices has begun to weigh on the economy, Australian bond yields will remain range-bound, providing strong diversification....