Tag Archives: global turmoil
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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Commercial Property Fundamentals
Continue to Improve for Investors
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by Chris Lang.
The mid-year report from the Property Council of Australia (PCA) has confirmed a tightening of all capital city Office markets — except for Sydney and their Gold Coast.
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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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Interest Rate Rises ...
Are they a Good Sign?
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Chris Lang.
The RBA's decision on interest rates yesterday came about because of what's happening here in Australia, rather than in Europe. It has been made against the backdrop of our exporters having recently extracted massive price hikes for iron or in coal, as a result of China's strong growth. Since the global turmoil started in 2008, [...]
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"Things Can Change So Quickly"
Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by Chris Lang.
Have 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's largest economy. However, it is currently the largest exporter; while being the second-largest importer. [...]
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Biggest Economic Threat For Australia
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Chris Lang.
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 [...]
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It's both Good News ... and Bad News!
Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by Chris Lang.
Government statistics show that business investment rose by 3.3% during the three months to June — most of it accounted for by a massive 20% surge in Victoria. This increase is the latest confirmation that Australia has entered its recovery phase — emerging from the global turmoil, without experiencing a technical recession. But what does [...]
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State of the Commercial Market?
Posted on 17. Aug, 2009 by Chris Lang.
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) [...]
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Victoria is Starting to Shine
Posted on 10. Mar, 2009 by Chris Lang.
Victoria may not have grown as fast as Queensland and WA over the whole of 2008. However, it far outstripped every other State for the December — once the full impact of the global turmoil had started to take effect. And as mentioned in an earlier posting ... the positive impact of the Bush Fire [...]
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