Office Sector Set to Surge Ahead

Posted on 30. Jun, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Australia-wide, Office vacancies are falling.

And Melbourne leads the way at 5.5%; with Perth second, at 6.6% — due to the rebound in mining activity.

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Making Sense of
The Mining Boom

Posted on 31. May, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Size-wise, as a proportion of Australia's economy ... Manufacturing and Mining contribute more or less the same output.

However, Mining's investment spend is currently more than three times that being spent by the Manufacturing sector.

All the media attention has mainly been focused upon this disparity. But that doesn't really tell you the complete story.

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Building Your Team of
Trusted Expert Consultants

Posted on 18. May, 2011 by Chris Lang.

You require certain key Consultants, in order to make every deal really work for you. And those consultants need to be thoroughly trustworthy.

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Commercial Sales Gain Momentum

Posted on 30. Mar, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Around Australia, Commercial clearance rates at auction are now about on par with Residential property — averaging at around 50%.

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CBD Offices in Demand

Posted on 19. Jan, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Within the CBDs around Australia, the number of whole Office floors available to tenants is falling rapidly.

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CBD Offices Can Expect Solid Growth

Posted on 13. Jan, 2011 by Chris Lang.

What a difference a year can make to Office markets around Australia. Twelve months ago, the rest of the world was anticipating double-dip recession. And white-collar employment was looking rather fragile here in Australia — particularly for Sydney, with its high exposure to the finance industry. Even so, Melbourne's office leasing market remained strong throughout [...]

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Industrial Property Back in Favour

Posted on 04. Jan, 2011 by Chris Lang.

During 2011, you should start to see private investors re-enter the market for industrial property, following a fall in vacancies during last year — down some 30% in Melbourne. A Knight Frank survey shows around 300,000 sq metres of space was absorbed ... bringing the overall vacancy rate down to under 3% for industrial property.

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Office Leasing the Stand-out Performer

Posted on 15. Dec, 2010 by Chris Lang.

Office leasing activity picked up in most capital cities around Australia, over the past year. In some instances, quite significantly. And with the supply side basically "on hold", you should soon start to see this translate into some solid rental increases.

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Space Shortage Looming?

Posted on 22. Sep, 2010 by Chris Lang.

Office Vacancy rates around Australia are falling — albeit faster in some capital cities, than others. The chart below shows you where things currently stand.

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"Doing Nothing Will Cost You!"

Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Chris Lang.

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 'on hold'. And then, frantically played catch-up over the last 12 months ... as soon as they realised things were still okay here in Australia. [...]

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"Cycles Ain't Cycles"

Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Chris Lang.

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 — being 18 years from peak to peak. And over that same [...]

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