One in three organisations make employee payment mistakes regularly
The Australian Payroll Association research found that of the 33 per cent of payroll managers admit to making employee payment or entitlement blunders at least once a month, and a further 21 per cent admitted to making mistakes every quarter.
The primary drivers for the turnaround in housing market performance were Sydney and Melbourne, where values have ticked higher over the past two months, taking values 0.3% off their floor in Sydney and 0.4% higher in Melbourne.
The first six months of 2019 has seen overall transactions for this year down 1.9% on 2018, and down 0.5% in cumulative value. Across the state, house prices increased 4.2% over the six months whilst units were up 6.6% and land rose 7.5%.
JLL data showed the number of apartments under construction in the inner-city regions of Australia’s six major capital cities fell a further 12% in 2Q19 to 39,660 apartments and was down 21% over the past year.
New home sales see growth for the first time since 2017, HIA
Around the states, new home sales rose for the June quarter compared to the previous quarter in Victoria (+5.1 per cent), Western Australia (+2.9 per cent) and South Australia (+2.6 per cent).
Home loan borrowers no longer complacent, says report
The Lendi Home Loan Report highlights that homeowners who settled with a non-big four lender in 2019 have signed up to loans with median interest rates between five and 22 basis points lower than borrowers settling with a big four bank.