It takes a special kind of person to start and run a successful business. Not everyone is suited for the life of an entrepreneur. So, what are the characteristics that set them apart? It all starts with the determination to succeed. It requires steadfast belief in yourself, your new service or product/offering, and your core…
Infrastructure Australia has released the Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019, which, for the first time, has expanded to cover the challenges and opportunities in providing Australia’s social infrastructure. As part of this new development, the Audit includes a necessary focus on social housing as an important part of social infrastructure. AHURI welcomes the inclusion of social housing…
The current job market tilts heavily in the job seeker’s favour, with a historically low unemployment rate, more open jobs than professionals to fill them, and more people quitting their jobs than any time in the last 17 years. However, most of the good news for job seekers is in urban and suburban areas. Rural employment has unfortunately failed to recover as quickly…
A new AHURI report released today investigates the growing numbers of older Australians who are carrying high levels of mortgage debt into retirement, and considers the consequences for their wellbeing and for the retirement incomes system. The research, ‘Mortgage stress and precarious home ownership: implications for older Australians’, found that between 1987 and 2015, average real…
Listed developer Mirvac has broken ground on its $836 million 80 Ann Street Brisbane CBD tower, promoting it as Brisbane’s “healthiest” commercial building. Mirvac’s continued push into the office sector has now made it Australia’s second-largest office manager, with $15 billion of assets under management. Mirvac’s pipeline of commercial developments, including 477 Collins Street in Melbourne…
Australia has many rising markets charted by an increasing number of house and unit sales. Market sentiment appears to be spurred on by the Reserve Bank cutting interest rates to historic lows this year, APRA removing the 7 per cent interest rate buffer on mortgage lending, and negative gearing left unchanged. Following a period of decline in some markets, Hotspotting.com.au founder Terry Ryder…
Australia’s building and construction crisis will cost $6.2 billion in remediation and associated costs, according to new research commissioned by the construction union. The independent research by Equity Economics in collaboration with Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) analysed the additional costs to owners of remediating water leaks, fire safety breaches, structural failure and combustible…
Our brains are hardwired to make much of modern life difficult. This is especially true when it comes to dealing with uncertainty. On the bright side, if you know the right tricks, you can override your brain’s irrational tendencies and handle uncertainty effectively. Our brains give us fits when facing uncertainty because they’re wired to…
Governments should lease land free of charge to the superannuation industry so more funds can invest in social housing, a former Frasers Property manager has told The New Daily. Robert Pradolin, who runs Housing All Australians – a not-for-profit dedicated to encouraging private-sector investment in affordable and social housing – said the emerging build-to-rent sector had…
The $100M development adjacent to Adelaide’s famed Markets precinct is a revolutionary mix of services in one tower, including the not-for-profit’s first retirement village, which takes up the top six floors. Chief Executive Simon Schrapel (Uniting Communities) explained the objective was to have a genuine community that can – and should – accommodate everyone. The…