Tag Archives: global turmoil

Victoria is Starting to Shine

Posted on 10. Mar, 2009 by .

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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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Which Australian Office Markets are in Trouble?

Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by .

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Queensland seems to have been hardest hit. And in particular the Gold Coast, where vacancy levels have soared to around 18%. But the difficulties confronting Queensland (and fellow mining State WA) are not necessarily reflected Australia-wide.

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Taking Stock of Commercial Property

Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by .

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As I mentioned in a recent mail to some Clients, it's been surprising how few quality properties have been forced onto the market — given the difficulties caused by current global turmoil. You've heard so much lately as to how bad things are. But let's undertake a quick comparison for Australia — between 1990 and [...]

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This is Not Quite the Stuff of Fairytales ...

Posted on 03. Dec, 2008 by .

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But for the most of 2008, Australia has basically experienced what you might term a Goldilocks market for Commercial property ... "not too hot, and not too cold!" Despite Office, Retail and Industrial being near the top of their cycles ... the global turmoil has prevented the usual runaway activity occurring — in most capital [...]

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