What Will Happen to Interest Rates
When The RBA Meets Next Week?

Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by Chris Lang.

The general consensus seems to be that the RBA will further reduce rates by 25 basis points. But can this view be fully justified; and what does this mean for Commercial property investors?

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Is There a Credit Squeeze Looming?

Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by Chris Lang.

The banks seemed to be protesting about the increased cost of offshore borrowing. And using that as their excuse for not wanting to pass on any future RBA rate reductions in full.

But are they really telling you the whole truth?

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Commercial Property: The Impact of China

Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by Chris Lang.

LAST week, The Australian newspaper invited three Commercial property experts to respond to the following question:

If China's growth story begins to peter out, what will be the impact on Australia's commercial property market?

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How Can Commercial Property Investors Make Any Sense of the Retail Scene?

Posted on 29. Nov, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Many shoppers still remain hesitant, despite the RBA's recent interest rate reduction. Although, with household savings at record levels ... people may simply be holding back on their main splurge splurge until the post-Christmas sales.

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Will the RBA Cut Rates Again?

Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by Chris Lang.

The RBA had been considerable political pressure by the Treasurer to cut interest rates this week. And retailers were virtually pleading with the it to do so.

Plus, homeowners were also looking for some relief in the run up to Christmas.

However, this is probably the last time the RBA will lower interest rates for quite some time.

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Commercial Property: Should You Be Cautious
About Investing in the Retail Sector?

Posted on 04. Oct, 2011 by Chris Lang.

The Retail sector is delicately poised at the moment. But if you understand how to read the signs and can anticipate the cycles, you need not be caught out.

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Interest Rates Are NOT About to Fall

Posted on 15. Sep, 2011 by Chris Lang.

All the talk about the RBA needing to slash interest rates seems to be emerging from a relatively small section of our community.

Retailers and manufacturers probably feel they are going through a recession; and housing is currently moving sideways.

However, you need to look a little deeper than this — because these three sectors account for only 20% of the economy.

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Why All The Panic?

Posted on 16. Aug, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Well, not here in Australia anyway! And even overseas, things are vastly different this time around.

In 2008/09, it was private debt causing the problems ... because nobody was too sure which banks were overly exposed to the sub-prime mortgage problem.

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Commercial Property:
Pricing Your Finance - Part 2

Posted on 26. Jul, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Last week, you looked at the reasons why lenders view Commercial property in a different league to Residential property, when it comes to finance. And then, we moved to the various aspects Commercial lenders look at as far as Risk is concerned. More importantly, just how these aspects will determine whether or not they will [...]

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Grasping the Nettle

Posted on 14. Jul, 2011 by Chris Lang.

If the much-talked-about potential defaults by Greece, Portugal and Ireland were to occur ... the impact upon Australia is likely to be far less than most pundits would have you believe.

And you only need to look behind the key numbers to discover why ...

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OK ... What's Going On?

Posted on 07. Jul, 2011 by Chris Lang.

According to the IMF ... in spite of all the recent turmoil, the outlook for global economic growth appears quite rosy moving into the new financial year.

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