The sustained cooling of house price growth has seen first-home buyers flocking back to the market. Prices are no longer rising thanks to a number of factors including improved supply, and clampdowns on investor lending. A significant outcome of overheated property prices has been that a crucial toe-hold in the property market has been elusive...
Further ‘affordable housing’ measures passed Parliament has passed the legislation allowing first home buyers to save for a deposit inside superannuation through the First Home Super Saver Scheme (FHSSS), and also allowing older Australians to ‘downsize’ and then contribute the proceeds of the sale of their family home into superannuation. From 1 July 2018, a...