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		<title>&quot;Capture Your Firm&#039;s Full Value&quot;</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/07/28/capture-your-firms-full-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we talked about what you could be missing out on ... when you find the need to move.

Whenever you decide to relocate to new Headquarters, what are the key things you are seeking to achieve?



New premises that perfectly meet your needs &#8212; as to design and location;
A secure lease, with built-in flexibility down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interest Rates Looking Forward</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/06/03/interest-rates-looking-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[... and Commercial Property

This week&#039;s decision by the RBA to leave the cash rate on hold was an easy one &#8212; mainly because the major banks had basically helped it out, by increasing their rates earlier by a greater margin.

The RBA&#039;s view was that the current rate of 4.5% was &#034;appropriate for the near term&#034;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBD Offices on the Move</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/03/17/cbd-offices-on-the-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westpac has just released an Australia-wide outlook for Commercial property. And it predicts you will start to see growth in rents and values during 2010-11.

s employment numbers grow with the improved economy, demand for Office space will also take off again.

Melbourne&#039;s rents have already started to move &#8212; where a vacancy rate of 5.3% is [...]]]></description>
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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&#039;s third Intergenerational Report.

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

&#034;If you haven&#039;t sold your traditional family home by 2010 ... you had better be prepared to hold it until 2025 &#8212; because there simply won&#039;t be a market for it!&#034;


nd given the recent surge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Commercial Market?</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/08/17/state-of-the-commercial-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you would expect, the financial turmoil worldwide has had a significant effect on most property markets. However, the effect has not been the same across the board.

The current state of the various CBD office markets is probably your best barometer of future activity for two reasons. First, the Property Council of Australia (PCA) conducts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &quot;Fund Gap&quot; Threatens ... Higher-Priced Commercial Property</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/06/25/the-fund-gap-threatens-higher-priced-commercial-property/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2009/06/25/the-fund-gap-threatens-higher-priced-commercial-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, you read about a funding crisis pending for Property Trusts and Institutional buyers.  And this is not helped by the RuddBank failing to materialise.

With a surge in the Share Market since March, several recent capital raisings have helped some of these larger property owners.


However, with the latest hiccup in Share Market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBD Office Shortage Looming for Melbourne</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/06/18/cbd-office-shortage-looming-for-melbourne/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2009/06/18/cbd-office-shortage-looming-for-melbourne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And Rentals are Set to Rise ...

The recent boom period saw prime Office rentals in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth hit the $1,000 per sq metre mark.  However, they have fallen dramatically from that peak, since mid-2008 

Meanwhile, Melbourne has remained steady at around $750 per sq metre &#8212; mainly because most of its new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBD Office Markets</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/03/27/cbd-office-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of the global financial crisis ... sales of Melbourne CBD Offices fell in 2008 (to $425.2m) from the level achieved in 2007 (of $850.9m) &#8212; according to research released by CBRE.

Institutional buyers and REITs have virtually withdrawn from the market ... leaving private syndicates, wealthy families and overseas buyers to transact most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking into the Future for CBD Offices</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/03/17/looking-into-the-future-for-cbd-offices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An earlier post outlined my view on how the various CBD Office Markets would perform around Australia.

And a report by the ANZ Bank (in yesterday&#039;s Financial Review) pretty much confirmed that previous advice.

Interestingly, their take on the level of vacancies is that it will not reach anything as bad as the 1990s.

But Perth, Brisbane and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You May be a Doubter ... But I say: &quot;Yes, we can!&quot;</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/02/23/you-may-be-a-doubter-but-i-say-yes-we-can/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2009/02/23/you-may-be-a-doubter-but-i-say-yes-we-can/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Weekend Financial Review ran several articles, which seemed to echo many of the sentiments contained in my last blog about the Capital City Markets &#8212; but perhaps putting things a little more bluntly.

Brisbane

Mark Ludlow (on page 2) referred to Queensland as having moved from &#034;boom state to gloom state&#034; &#8212; because of its heavy [...]]]></description>
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