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Developer Stockland latest to embrace data centres
Property group Stockland is engaging in community consultation as it works to build seven new data centres in industrial areas.
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Regional lender plots home-loan return
Bank of Queensland is stepping back into the mortgage market with aggressively priced owner-occupier home loans originated by its digital-only brands.
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Economy
Mortgage applications for first homebuyers drop sharply
Expert says ‘younger Australians continue to be the most impacted amid current market conditions and cost of living constraints’.
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Economy
Can you afford ‘champagne lifestyle’ in retirement?
New superannuation report says ‘Australians have high expectations for a glorious retirement’.
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Economy
Big bank nets big profit but warns economy is slowing
CBA boss says economy is is faced with ‘higher interest rates and inflation placing uneven pressure on household incomes’.
Economy
Small businesses under pressure from soaring costs
Key costs for Australian small businesses have climbed by 24.6 per cent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research by AMP Bank Go.
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People are thinking twice about spending their money
Consumer sentiment is weaker but discretionary spending is not ‘falling off a cliff in Australia’.
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How first-time homebuyers can save $8,500 in taxes
A little-known scheme allows first-time homebuyers to use their superannuation fund as a tax-advantaged method for saving for a deposit.
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Economy
Super funds bucking the trend, deliver big returns
Research firm shows massive uptick for superannuation funds and describes it as a ‘tremendous result’.
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Economy
Banks give Aussie shares a bounce to end run of losses
Boosted by the banking sector, the Australian share market’s main index has overcome its morning losses to finish the day flat.
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Half of Aussies feel good about retirement
But current cost-of-living pressures see Australians wanting at least $1 million in super to fund life after work.
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Bank: we’ll be okay with rates but recession looms
The head of Australia’s second-largest bank is more worried about businesses delaying investment decisions than the impact of higher interest rates.
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Economy
Big bank acts as Middle East crisis rolls on
National Australia Bank has followed Westpac to apply new measures to head off the impact of the Middle East conflict on its balance sheet.
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Government scheme sees people borrowing more money
First homebuyers take advantage of lower entry point thanks to the Deposit Scheme.
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Economy
Banks, miners the winners of a resilient earning season
After three years of declining profits, Australian corporations returned to growth this reporting season, led by banks including CBA and NAB.
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Property website’s listings fall, shares tumble
Realestate.com.au owner REA Group has grown its first half revenue and profit, despite a six per cent fall in its digital property listings.
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Australian shares fall ahead of Reserve Bank rates talk
The recent downward trend continues for Australian shares as investors await hints from the Reserve Bank on the future path of interest rates.
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Australia’s property market healthy, strong: REA boss
The departing chief executive of the company that owns realestate.com.au says there were a record 151 million visits to the site in August.
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Regulation
A ‘bank in crisis’: ANZ cops record fine for misconduct
From charging dead customers to overstating trades, a big four bank has been slugged with a record penalty for widespread misconduct.
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Economy
Better times ahead for economy, despite global woes
A major business forecaster is optimistic the pace of economic growth in Australia will accelerate over the next few years and overcome recent hurdles.
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Economy
Aussie property market healthiest in years: REA boss
REA Group chief executive Owen Wilson says there are a lot of buyers and sellers of Australian property right now in anticipation of rate cuts.
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Economy
Property giants see reasons for optimism in real estate
Property giants Mirvac and Lendlease see green shoots emerging and positive sentiment starting to return after a challenging year in Australian real estate.