As part of the sharemarket cash raising aveo revealed its future projections for its 80 villages, covering 10,200 ILUs. 2008/9 capital growth in value of ILUs sold was 6%, but 5% is predicted to 2009/10. Their estimated discount rate has eased 1% to 12.5% in 2008/9. And they assume the next generation of residents will be older, with an average ILU tenure of just nine years and serviced apartments four years (considerably down from their current valuation model of 11.4 years and 5.4 years respectively).
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home