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		<title>&quot;Doing Nothing Will Cost You!&quot;</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/08/26/doing-nothing-will-cost-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever Investors are confused ... the Property Market tends to do nothing and simply moves sideways.
You observed that when the GFC first struck. 

People simply put their buying decisions &#039;on hold&#039;. And then, frantically played catch-up over the last 12 months ... as soon as they realised things were still okay here in Australia.

Over that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Cycles Ain&#039;t Cycles&quot;</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/08/09/cycles-aint-cycles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://his-best.biz/?p=3443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overall, Australia has sailed through the Global Financial Crisis more or less unscathed. And from all accounts, Victoria and enjoys the standout economy of all the States.

The Traditional Cycle Has Been Interrupted

Last week, you explored the traditional cycle for CBD Offices &#8212; being 18 years from peak to peak. And over that same period, Retail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Things Can Change So Quickly&quot;</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/04/15/things-can-change-so-quickly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying Criteria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
ave you stopped to think just how things have changed over the past 25 years? 

Just take a look at the global trade figures for the United States, Japan, Germany and Britain.

After the United States, China is now the world&#039;s largest economy. However, it is currently the largest exporter; while being the second-largest importer.

Here&#039;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Interest Rates Affect Commercial Yields?</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/04/07/interest-rates-commercial-yields/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://his-best.biz/?p=2849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the RBA confirmed an upward bias with its latest rate increase.

This table from today&#039;s Financial Review seems to sum up the RBA&#039;s position fairly well.

Residential property prices are still surging (particularly in Sydney &#38; Melbourne); and our commodity exports have also regained their momentum.

As such, the RBA has decided that Australia is in full [...]]]></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>Election Year Blues?</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/03/11/election-year-blues/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2010/03/11/election-year-blues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s not just rising interest rates that the Rudd government will have to contend with, in the run-up to the next election.

The joy of the resources boom restarting brings with it certain unwanted side effects. What you will start to see is wage rate increases; plus the drawing away of materials and equipment, from other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Statistics Never Lie, or Do They?&quot;</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/02/25/statistics-never-lie-or-do-they/</link>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2010/02/25/statistics-never-lie-or-do-they/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[accounting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some interesting outcomes emerging from a wash-up of the recent financial turmoil.

Australia has fared best among the Western countries, with its unemployment rate at only 5.3% and falling. But does this now mean you&#039;ll start to see wage pressures emerging? 


Or maybe the statistics are not telling you the full story.

A Structural Change [...]]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://his-best.biz/?p=2349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been much written already about the global financial crisis.

But in layman&#039;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>
		<comments>http://his-best.biz/2010/01/13/biggest-economic-threat-for-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It might surprise you to hear this, however ...

A Strong US Recovery

... 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>The Future for Interest Rates</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/11/24/the-future-for-interest-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The RBA&#039;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 ... you could [...]]]></description>
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