Is It Wise To Borrow When You Buy Commercial Property?

Posted on 10. May, 2012 by Chris Lang.

There is no doubt, you can certainly accelerate your overall return from Commercial property, by gearing up with a loan.

Even so, you should FIRST make sure that you can say "Yes" to each of the following questions.

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Your Timing Within The Commercial Property Cycle

Posted on 01. May, 2012 by Chris Lang.

ANALYSTS have tried to devise an "Investment Clock" for Commercial property similar to shares ... without much success. But this, together with the accompanying graphs, might prove helpful.

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Industrial Property Is Clearly Holding Its Own

Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by Chris Lang.

Vacancy rates for Industrial property have fallen dramatically over the past year — declined by 39% on average, across the country. And that means you should see rentals improve and selling yields start to firm.

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Commercial Property and The Current Economy

Posted on 27. Mar, 2012 by Chris Lang.

LAST WEEK, we explored just how the misuse of statistics by some commentators was distorting of the truth about Australia's economic well-being, on a state-by-state basis.

So it is with several other indicators, as David Bassanese pointed out in a recent article (AFR: 22 March, page 36).

Many commentators are pushing for interest rates reductions, because the "economy is soft".

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Commercial Property to Benefit From Structural Changes Within the Economy

Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 by Chris Lang.

The reality is there are more people currently employed within the health and welfare services industry, than in any other segment of the economy. To the point where the total services sector accounts for around 80% of the Australian employment scene.

And this is good news for Commercial investors, because these growing numbers all need to be accommodated.

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How Commercial Property Investors Benefitted From The Past 7 Days?

Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Chris Lang.

LAST TUESDAY, the RBA left the cash rate unchanged — much to the surprise of most pundits. And yet, only the week before, that's exactly what I suggest would happened.

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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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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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Industrial Property Set to Surge

Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 by Chris Lang.

The boom in Queensland gas now has Brisbane with the lowest vacancy rate for industrial property. Next comes Melbourne — with Sydney well back in 3rd place, according to a recent survey by Knight Frank.

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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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Interest Rates Are NOT About to Fall

Posted on 15. Sep, 2011 by Chris Lang.

All the talk about the RBA needing to slash interest rates seems to be emerging from a relatively small section of our community.

Retailers and manufacturers probably feel they are going through a recession; and housing is currently moving sideways.

However, you need to look a little deeper than this — because these three sectors account for only 20% of the economy.

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