KPMG’s Venture Pulse report shows $US317 million in venture capital across 27 deals in Australia for the third quarter of 2018. Deals involved Judo Capital, Airwallex, Culture Amp, Flare, Gilmour Space Technologies, Simple, AgriWebb and GO1. More »     

A massive 30% of newly-completed apartments in Sydney, and 28% in Melbourne, settled with a valuation less than their original contract price in September, according to data from CoreLogic. More »     

Since 2014, Australia’s bank regulator has introduced a series of restrictions on mortgage lending to investors. In that time, the RBA says house price growth in high-investor regions has lagged low-investor regions by around 7%. More »     

On paper, it looks like Sphero, the maker of the toy BB-8 droid, has been doing it tough in 2018. The breakout toy of 2015, the smartphone controlled BB-8 was so popular it was reported to have single-handedly lifted the entire US toy industry. More »     

A massive toy store is set to open in Bankstown, in Sydney's west, in a former Toys 'R' Us location, just months after the company went into liquidation and closed all 44 Australian stores. More »