Tag Archives: vacancy rates

Your Timing Within The Commercial Property Cycle

Posted on 01. May, 2012 by .

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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 .

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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: The Suburban Office Market

Posted on 13. Mar, 2012 by .

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With little new construction looming, now would be perfect timing to secure a well-let Office suite — ready to ride the upswing, over the next 4 or 5 years.

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National Office Market Shows Steady Improvement

Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 by .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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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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