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	<title>No Guns ... No Horses</title>
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		<title>What about the Baby-Boomer Effect?</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/02/02/what-about-the-baby-boomer-effect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Federal government released Australia&#8217;s third Intergenerational Report.

And about five years ago, I came out with a somewhat startling statement:

&#8220;If you haven&#8217;t sold your traditional family home by 2010 &#8230; you had better be prepared to hold it until 2025 &#8212; because there simply won&#8217;t be a market for it!&#8221;


nd given the recent surge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Office Market is Looking Good</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/01/27/cbd-office-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Opportunity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While several capital cities still have a reasonably high Office vacancies, there is a general shortage of space looming.

Twelve months ago, it was all doom and gloom for the CBD Office markets in Perth and Brisbane &#8212; with falls expected in both rents and values. New projects were being finished, as the resources boom ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Opportunities Moving Forward?</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/01/21/your-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been much written already about the global financial crisis.

But in layman&#8217;s terms, it occurred as a result of capital imbalances occurring throughout the world. And nowhere more so, than in America.

The principal cause can be found with the high levels of US debt-funded consumption. And in order to better understand this distortion, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biggest Economic Threat For Australia</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/01/13/biggest-economic-threat-for-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://his-best.biz/?p=2284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It might surprise you to hear this, however &#8230;

A Strong US Recovery

&#8230; would probably be the worst thing to happen for Australia in 2010.

If that occurs, the US Federal Reserve would be forced to quickly raise interest rates, from zero to around 3%. And that would cause the collapse in the Australian dollar from its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Strong Finish to 2009</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/01/05/a-strong-finish-to-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2010/01/05/a-strong-finish-to-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Office Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By early December 2009, sales of Commercial property in Melbourne&#8217;s CBD had almost reached $1 billion &#8212; according to a report prepared by Jones Lang LaSalle. 

Apparently, Melbourne office sales (for buildings over $10 million) totalled around $998 million &#8212; while in Sydney, it had reached $444 million.

Sales may well have topped the $1 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have a Wonderful Christmas</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/12/23/have-a-wonderful-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2009/12/23/have-a-wonderful-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I realise Christmas is almost upon us &#8230; but may I wish you and your family all the very best, at this joyful time of year.



As with past years, I have not sent out a whole host of Christmas cards.
 

Instead, that cost has been donated to the Melbourne City Mission and the Smith Family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Handy Economic Clock</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/11/27/handy-economic-clock/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2009/11/27/handy-economic-clock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Office Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Cycles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, you have probably seen various economic clocks explaining the different phases, and their relative timing.

nyway, I came across this rather useful one the other day. 

As you&#8217;ll see, it is actually a &#8220;Multi-asset Investment Clock&#8221; &#8212; in that you have all the sectors displayed together: Shares, Property, Resources and Interest rates.

Furthermore, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future for Interest Rates</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/11/24/the-future-for-interest-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2009/11/24/the-future-for-interest-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The RBA&#8217;s underlying rate of inflation rose by 3.5% in the year to September &#8212; less that what the markets and the RBA itself expected.

However, this figure needs to fall significantly for the RBA will put interest rates on hold again.

ith low inventories and industry capacity-use levels up over 80% once more &#8230; you could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Interest Rates Affect the Property Markets</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/11/17/how-interest-rates-affect-the-property-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the Reserve Bank (RBA) further increases rates in December, you will start to see the housing market plateau in the New Year. However, this should have little or no immediate effect on the rest of the economy.

n all discussion about Australia&#8217;s improving economy and retail spending, there has been little regard placed upon the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Commercial Property Is Runnning Its Own Race</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/10/16/decoupling/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2009/10/16/decoupling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike the US and Europe, Australia has not suffered a banking crisis. Therefore, our banking system is still capable of providing credit for normal growth.

With the US unemployment rate approaching 10%, this will delay any quick turnaround for the Commercial property sector.

s you would expect, there is a strong correlation between high unemployment, tenancy contractions [...]]]></description>
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