Tag Archives: vacancy rates
National Office Market Shows Steady Improvement
Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 by Chris Lang.
Across the 26 markets depicted in the graph, demand was up 20% up and supply 30% down, on the 20-year average for the six-monthly period.
Total vacancies fell from 9.0% to 7.9% ? the lowest since January 2009.
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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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Lack of Construction Underpins
Demand for Office Space
Posted on 08. Nov, 2011 by Chris Lang.
With falling vacancies, positive net absorption and few new projects in the pipeline ... this means a looming shortage of Office space around Australia — with rentals poised to rise sharply.
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Commercial Property Looking Forward
Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 by Chris Lang.
The last couple of articles have talked about all the misplaced doom and the gloom.
Plus, you also covered the various reasons why Australia overall is well placed to flourish (and not just survive) the current global distress.
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Suburban Offices Set to Surge
Posted on 21. Jul, 2011 by Chris Lang.
There will be a distinct advantage for many corporate tenants to relocate into the suburbs — if they have no compelling reason to remain located within the CBD.
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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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Retail Reality
Posted on 01. Feb, 2011 by Chris Lang.
As this graph shows, there is a long-term relationship between unemployment and retail vacancies.
Using just this measure alone, you could easily assume there would be a healthy couple of years ahead of the retail sector.
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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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Interest Rates Looking Forward
Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Chris Lang.
... and Commercial Property This week's decision by the RBA to leave the cash rate on hold was an easy one — mainly because the major banks had basically helped it out, by increasing their rates earlier by a greater margin. The RBA's view was that the current rate of 4.5% was "appropriate for the [...]
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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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Retail Returns to Favour
Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Chris Lang.
Retail property has had some press coverage of late. It has shown a surprising improvement, given global events and the hike in interest rates. Westfield (a good retail barometer) reported a strong mid-year result from its Australian shopping centres. As you can see from the table, Vacancy rates have fallen significantly and Yields firmed — [...]
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