It's time we accepted superannuation is not an end in itself but a component of good retirement policy, of which home ownership has to be the cornerstone.
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Scheme 6 years overdue
The greatest risk in old age is not that your superannuation balance isn’t high enough, but that you don’t own your own home
Housing Affordability Index December 2021
Housing affordability continued to decline in the December quarter last year. This is mainly due to a strong increase in property prices in most cities, although it was only moderate in Australia's largest market, Sydney.
Omnibus Poll March 2022
This is another sullen election, even though both sides exhibit high support for their respective candidates. 60% disagree (versus 30% who agree) that the federal government has done enough to be elected, while 40% disagree (versus 41% who agree) that Labor has done enough to be elected.
Sly “Uncle” Albo’s shared equity scheme doesn’t shape up
Detailed analysis of the ALP’s shared equity home buyer scheme shows that it is poorly designed, expensive and discriminatory, makes no difference to housing affordability and the cost has already almost doubled.
Australian Housing Affordability Index September 2021
The latest Australian Institute for Progress Housing Affordability Index shows housing affordability improved slightly in the September Quarter, 2021. This was as a result of price falls in Melbourne, while they stayed almost stationary in Sydney.
Record unaffordability looms and points to downturn even without rate rises
House prices are likely at a peak, with or without interest rate rises, as they nudge levels of unaffordability last seen just before the Global Financial Crisis.
Housing Affordability Index June Quarter 2021
Australia's two major cities, Sydney and Melbourne, are close to historical peaks of unaffordability, but Perth, Darwin and Brisbane are still reasonable to moderate.
Owner-occupied housing becoming unaffordable with Darwin, Perth and Brisbane bright spots
Repayment affordability in cities like Brisbane, Perth and Darwin are in a band from slightly better than the average index level for the 90s to at most 12.5% worse.
Go for Olympic host city gold – and go for broke too
The Olympic business model means that host cities invariably lose out. Brisbane will need a heroic effort to avoid that fate.
