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My top 5 tips for 2017

For many brokers, 2016 was a challenging year. Changes in credit policy were plentiful, with banks interpreting APRA’s guidelines in varied ways. Banks used pricing as a lever to drive and ...

My top 5 tips for 2017
Bouris delivers maiden profit, readies YBR for growth

Yellow Brick Road executive chairman Mark Bouris has explained how the group will drive productivity through its network after posting its first profit this week.

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Australian private sector wage growth slowing

Wage growth in Australia’s private sector (excluding bonuses) has fallen to a new record low of 1.8 per cent year-on-year, which ANZ says will result in a “lack of any upward pressure” on ...

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'Trump effect' overblown amid sluggish growth

US President Trump’s impact on the world economy has been dismissed by a big four accounting firm that forecast ‘lowflation’ will persist for some time in Australia and overseas.

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Risks to growth ‘skewed to the downside’: IMF

The International Monetary Fund has published a new report that examines the outlook for global growth in an environment of political uncertainty.

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Capital dwelling growth surges in 2016

Capital city dwelling values across the country have surged over the last calendar year to the fastest overall growth rate since 2009.

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Australia’s economic growth sluggish

Australia’s economic growth for 2016 is expected to fall short of the decade average, according to CommSec.

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Supportive growth conditions moving into 2017

Standard Life Investments looks ahead to the new year and how its ‘House View’ is positioned in the light of a supportive monetary and fiscal landscape.

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House price growth slowest in 3 years

The strength of supply in Australia’s housing market has resulted in the slowest rate of house price growth in three years, according to the Property Council of Australia.

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Housing growth cycle moderates

Capital city dwelling values have posted their softest monthly result since December 2015, according to fresh figures from CoreLogic.

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