are set off the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA’s) cash rate plus a number of other factors (see previous post here). The RBA announces the new cash rate on the first Tuesday of every month (except January) and weighs a number of economic...
Never buy off-plan without having your solicitor/conveyancer perform proper checks first. Do not use email payment links and always double-check bank transfer details via phone rather than email to avoid phishing scams. By doing your due diligence and working with industry-regulated professionals, ...
In Australia, foreign home buyers are limited to purchasing only newly built homes, and with the Chinese predilection for buying off the plan, developers may get advance warning of any downturn in demand. “It’s no coincidence that the construction boom was simultaneous with the surge in C...
In the Pacific, Australia is seeing quite a bit of reshuffling of airport ownership, with exits from some regional gateways possible as two pension funds and a big airport investor review their options in Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) and Perth (PER). QAL runs Gold Coast (OOL) and thre...
Its long-term plan is to increase its turnover from £4m at present to £20m within five years, fuelled predominantly from own-label foodservice opportunities. The company makes great play of its food credentials, as it calls them, by talking about the ability to trace the source...
One particular find off the coast ofFrench Africabaffled researchers. Its significance lies not only in its existence but also in the questions it poses. How did it reach that specific location? What currents carried it there? And why haven’t we found more substantial sections of the aircraft...