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Silicon Valley investors recognise Brisbane Australia as innovative start-up hub
. Two Brisbane-based start-ups took first and second prize at the recent Oz-APP awards, among 200 other entries which came from the Asia Pacific region.......
Asias financial system to become bigger than US and Europe combined by 2030
. The ANZ has predicted that Asia's financial system will be larger than the US and Europe combined by 2030 due to the liberalisation of China's financial system which will unleash a flood of capital into global bond and equity markets.......
Brisbane property real-estate prices tipped to outperform other capital cities
. While Brisbane values have been soft for some time, the city is tipped to be ahead of the pack in 2014, according to the National Australia Bank residential property survey. The NAB survey predicts an increase in house values of 6.......
Australias fixed-rate mortgage on property real-estate may signal rate rise
. Recently the major banks have reduced their fixed rates, including National Australia Bank and St George who last week announcing cuts.......
Sydney sellers cash out and move to Queensland
. . "First comes the price rises, and then the exodus" is what demographer Bernard Salt from KPMG is expecting to see.......
Is the Australian dollar heading to US80c
. . Goldman Sachs has lowered its Australian dollar forecast for the next 12 months to US80 as it tips a decline in the terms of trade, less supportive capital flows, concerns about Chinese financial conditions and a further cut in interest rates.......
Housing Industry Association highlights growth in property real-estate
. According to the Housing Industry Association's (HIA) the national outlook is set to improve right across the housing industry and is expected to continue throughout 2014.......
Chinese buy $5.9 Billion in Property Australias Gen-WTHH forced to Rent
. It's obvious that an entire generation of Australians are being priced out of the property market, and many will face the sad reality of life renting Australian properties from their Chinese landlords.......
Australian consumers spend more and save less
. . Australian consumers are spending more and saving less which has helped the economy grow by a stronger than expected rate in the last three months of 2013 and with growth at a seasonally adjusted 0.8% taking the annual growth rate to 2.......
Reserve Bank of Australia leaves interest rates on hold @ 2.5%
. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left official interest rates on hold at today's meeting Rates have now been steady since the decision by the RBA in August last year to cut rates to a 60 year low of 2.......