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Gareth James
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REA Group Is Proving Resilient to the Australian Real Estate Downturn

We expect real estate price weakness to weigh on the narrow-moat-rated real estate advertising platforms, REA Group and Domain, in the short term but not materially in the long term. Australian real estate prices fell by 4.8% in 2018 but the national figure masks significant regional differences, with prices in state capitals falling 6.1% but regional areas down just 0.2%. Similarly, Sydney and Melbourne fell by 8.9% and 7.0%, respectively, but Hobart and Canberra rose by 8.7% and 3.3%, respecti...
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REA Group Ltd

REA Group is a multinational digital advertising company, based in Australia, that specializes in property. Co. provides a range of premium property listings as well as products for markets adjacent to property such as utility connections, and advertising solutions for property developers and display media advertisers. Co. operates residential, commercial and share property websites, realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au and flatmates.com.au, Chinese property site myfun.com, and iProperty Group which owns a number of property portals in Asia. Co. also maintains significant shareholdings in Move, Inc. in the United States and PropTiger in India.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Gareth James

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