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HSBC may be doing better than most other foreign banks in the local lending market. The bank reported growth in home loans of 11 per cent in the year to June 2009, APRA data published last week shows. For all banks the 12-month rate of growth was 13 per cent, with Commonwealth Bank and Westpac accounting for most of the system growth.HSBC has recorded a decline in household deposits and also business deposits this year. The bank recorded A$78 million in impaired loans at March 2009 and A$76 million in loans 90 days or more past due. HSBC reported a mildly reduced profit in Australia for the second half in a row, group financial statements for HSBC published overnight show.In Australia HSBC reported a pre-tax profit of US$84 million in the six months to June 2009, down from US$100 million in the June 2008 half and US$76 million in the December 2008 half. The HSBC profit in Australia for the December 2008 half was affected by an investment misadventure with an undisclosed bank in Iceland.
