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EQT’s Metlifecare lifts profit 25% on record sales

New Zealand retirement village operator Metlifecare – owned by Swedish investment giant EQT – has posted a 25% rise in annual profit and record sales for FY25, as demand for village housing and care continues to accelerate.

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LDK Seniors’ Living to open Stage 2 of Amberfield in Canberra next month

LDK Seniors’ Living will welcome its first residents into Stage 2 of its Amberfield community in Canberra next month (October), marking the next milestone in the private operator’s $500 million, five-stage development.

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Housing News

SA Govt ramps up housing for vulnerable older women

South Australia’s Department for Housing and Urban Development is investing in more housing options for vulnerable older women, with three significant projects underway or recently completed in Adelaide.

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Allam Property eyes second NSW land lease community in Tuncurry

Allam Property is preparing plans for its second land lease community on the NSW Mid North Coast, with a 283-home lifestyle village proposed for Tuncurry.

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Summerset to build 300 homes in Victoria within three years as market cap eclipses Ryman Healthcare

Summerset Group has overtaken Ryman Healthcare to become New Zealand’s most valuable retirement village operator, as it accelerates its Australian pipeline with plans to deliver 300 homes in Victoria within three years.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

SATURDAY is essential reading: The (second) great village land grab

Retirement living assets are back in hot demand. Colliers’ Justin Hazell and Bruce Message, along with Ansell Strategic’s Amber Cartwright, tell SATURDAY why portfolios are in play – and why competition for stock hasn’t been this fierce in 20 years.

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11 hours ago

Bendigo seniors’ housing rebuild kicks off with VIC Govt funding

Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan has marked the start of construction on VincentCare Community Housing’s seniors’ living redevelopment in Bendigo, part of the State Government’s Big Housing Build and Regional Housing Fund.

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Serenitas preparing to launch land lease community in Forster on NSW Mid North Coast

Serenitas is moving ahead with its plans for a new land lease community in the coastal town, located around 308km north of Sydney, more than three years after first securing development approval.

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Lifestyle Communities to offer ‘no exit fee’ option for upfront buyers

Lifestyle Communities CEO Henry Ruiz Henry said the land lease communities operator would introduce a no exit fee option for customers that prefer to pay up front in the second quarter of this financial year. He added existing homeowners had expressed wanting to pay a 20% DMF on the purchase price.

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29 Aug 2025

Government Policy

RLC: Govt must set up ‘real-time home care wait times’

The Retirement Living Council (RLC) is calling on the Australian Government to urgently introduce real-time reporting for wait times and release a schedule for additional Home Care Packages, warning older Australians and providers are being left in limbo.

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29 Aug 2025

Adrian Puljich’s remarkable acumen with GemLife laid bare in 1H FY25 result

The Gold Coast-based Over 50s lifestyle resorts operator GemLife, which listed on the ASX in July, has told everyone interested how it makes money developing homes in its land lease homes communities in its 1H FY25 Results Presentation on 28 August.

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28 Aug 2025

Scalabrini’s Harbourside development in Sydney’s Inner West approved in just 10 months

Harbourside, a $60 million retirement living and aged care project on Sydney’s Parramatta River, has been approved in record time by the Independent Planning Commission. The Drummoyne development, 6km west of the CBD, will deliver 54 independent...

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