Housing loans down 25% in 2010

Oct 07 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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According to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS),
the number of loans approved for owner-occupied housing rose 1.3% in September. The figure is down a staggering 25% from September 2009.

The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates

Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes.

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Caroline Egan

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Opinion

Keyton’s thought leadership in a sea of misunderstanding on what retirement villages are

Why has Keyton for the second year financed a Future of Retirement Living roundtable in Canberra plus a full page in the Australian? They identify two major problems: bureaucrats still don’t understand what retirement villages are and don’t...

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Ian Horswill

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It is with great interest we are following the developments in South Australia regarding the planning classification of retirement villages as ‘essential infrastructure’. The catalyst? Senior Australians locked in hospital beds with no place to...

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James Wiltshire

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Opinion

Our big idea: co-located retirement villages can solve hospital ‘bed occupancy’ in 16 weeks

Across Australia 2,000 hospital beds now hold 2,000 older Australians getting sicker, waiting for an aged care bed. The cost: $1,500 to $2,000 per day. Could co-located retirement villages offer a solution?

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Chris Baynes

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GemLife approved to build 251-home land lease resort on QLD’s Sunshine Coast

ASX-listed GemLife has secured approval to deliver a $267 million, 251-home over-50s land lease resort at the Glass House Mountains on the Sunshine Coast hinterland – its seventh development approval in South East Queensland this year.

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Ian Horswill

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Serenitas snaps up Lifestyle Communities’ 205-lot Ocean Grove site, with two more deals close

Serenitas has acquired Lifestyle Communities’ 205-lot Ocean Grove site on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula for $46.2 million, below its 30 June book value of $54.8 million, with infrastructure works largely complete.

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Ian Horswill

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Aged care consolidation continues: Regis Aged Care on the march

The ASX-listed operator has entered into binding agreements to acquire family-owned OC Health’s two remaining aged care homes for $45 million plus a $36 million liability for RADs. The purchase of Ocean Mist, in Torquay, a seaside town southwest of...

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Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bain lines up Gresham to run Estia Health sale alongside Barrenjoey

Bain Capital has reportedly added M&A advisory group Gresham to the ticket to find a buyer for Estia Health, Australia’s second-largest residential aged care operator.

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Caroline Egan

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