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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Commercial Property: Global Influence?

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Chris Lang.

Last year saw $US400 billion in direct commercial property deals worldwide — which reflected an increase of 25% on 2010.

Australia's share of those deals was $6.5 billion in Office towers during last year — with 28% of those purchases being made by overseas buyers.

And this is expected to continue strongly during 2012.

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Commercial Property: What Makes for a Balanced Office Market?

Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Chris Lang.

EVERY capital city has both a CBD and suburban Office market. And as you can appreciate, keeping tabs on all the various suburban markets is almost an impossible task for most investors. As a rule of thumb, Office markets are said to the "in balance", when their Vacancy Rate lies between 5% and 7%.

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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 Poised to Take Off in 2012

Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 by Chris Lang.

ALL YOU need is a sprinkling of confidence to return ... with and understanding that things are not as bad as you read in some newspapers.

For some time now, I've been trying to explain how the underlying fundamentals for Australia's economy and Commercial property are strong.

And a recent AFR headline "Recruitment boom bucks the trend" (9 Dec 2011, page 41) now confirms that our major law firms are "in the midst of a hiring spree".

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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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Asian Thrust will Prove Good for
Australian Commercial Property

Posted on 20. Apr, 2011 by Chris Lang.

The gap between China's huge current-account surpluses and America is out-of-control deficits may have temporarily narrowed. But the IMF believes the massive disparity will return, as world economic activity improves.

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Is the End of the World Near?

Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by Chris Lang.

With Australia having weathered the global financial crisis, we are now having to cope with the potential after-effects of:

* The European sovereign debt crisis;
* The earthquake and tsunami in Japan and subsequent nuclear fallout;
* The Libyan crisis; and locally ...
* Extensive flooding in Queensland and Victoria.

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More Good News for
Industrial Property

Posted on 09. Mar, 2011 by Chris Lang.

The Industrial sector was probably the one most harshly affected by the global financial crisis.

Nobody wanted to expand — being prepared to operate in cramped premises, until a clear picture of economic growth emerged.

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Will Australia's Growth
Remain Strong?

Posted on 06. Oct, 2010 by Chris Lang.

Pick up any newspaper, and you'll find most commentators saying the Resources boom is back on once again. Also, people are pointing to China as our guiding light going forward. But is this really true? And if so, why? Here's a short Video giving you a quick insight into whether there really is any substance [...]

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When Should You
Fix Your Interest Rate?

Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 by Chris Lang.

On Wednesday, I put up this post about whether or not to fix your interest rate, when purchasing a Commercial property. Only to find there was a problem with streaming of the Video. Hopefully, that's now been resolved; and so let's try Take 2. The simple answer to the question of timing is ... when [...]

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