The number of first-home buyers has surged by 48 per cent in just one year, with younger Australians flocking to the property market despite the uncertainty around the Covid pandemic.
Australian excess deaths lower than expected, despite coronavirus pandemic
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Australia was one of a few countries to record fewer than expected deaths from medical conditions in a year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Australia recorded fewer deaths than expected from medical conditions in 2020, despite being in the midst of a global pandemic.
So, what s behind the numbers.
What type of deaths are we talking about?
According to the ABS, excess mortality is the difference between the number of deaths in a period of time, and the expected number of deaths in that same period.
New home loan demand shatters records
By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
15 January 2021
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The total value of loan commitments for investor housing rose 6 per cent month-on-month to reach $5.6 billion in November last year, as the property market heated up in the lead-up to Christmas.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed a surge in loan commitments for investor housing, with a 6 per cent monthly increase and 3.9 per cent yearly growth in November.
Overall, the ABS reported a record-high total value of new loan commitments for housing, with an extraordinary yearly growth of 23.7 per cent, with owner-occupier home loan commitments leading the upward charge with a 31.4 per cent rise compared with November 2019.
A banking entrepreneur and Celebrity Apprentice host has revealed his simple trick to acing a job interview.
Yellow Brick Road chairman Mark Bouris, who also founded Wizard Home Loans, said candidates in a competitive labour market needed to demonstrate how they could be useful to a prospective employer. Do as much research as possible about your employer and know what you can do to assist that company and be cheeky, yet respectful, about that, the mortgage broking king told Daily Mail Australia ahead of LinkedIn s Jobs Bootcamp.
Mr Bouris, a former host of Celebrity Apprentice, is joining Boost Juice founder Janine Allis, a former judge on Ten s Shark Tank Australia, in the unique careers sessions running from Monday through to Friday next week.
CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - The euro fell against its major opponents in the European session on Thursday, after minutes from the European Central Bank's December meeting showed that policymakers expressed