12 Fundamentals You Need to Follow ... When Buying Commercial Property

Posted on 24. Feb, 2012 by Chris Lang.

As you'll appreciate, being able to sleep at night is one of the key objectives for any Commercial property investor. And that's what you might refer to as staying below your "Threshold of Insomnia".

There can be several things that might cause you to lose sleep. One is over-borrowing; and the others are making a poor assessment of the market and the property itself.

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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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Rates on Hold ... For Now!

Posted on 05. Apr, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Yesterday, the Reserve Bank left the cash rate unchanged at 4.75%. And these graphs will help to explain the current dilemma.

For the time being, the RBA's focus is upon "inflation excluding volatile items" — in part caused by the various natural disasters, both here and overseas.

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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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Australia's Growth to Continue

Posted on 25. Jan, 2011 by Chris Lang.

Clearly, Australia is running well ahead of other western countries, with exports representing over 6% of its GDP to emerging Asia. And this is twice the level it was just six years ago.

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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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It's both Good News ... and Bad News!

Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by Chris Lang.

Government statistics show that business investment rose by 3.3% during the three months to June — most of it accounted for by a massive 20% surge in Victoria. This increase is the latest confirmation that Australia has entered its recovery phase — emerging from the global turmoil, without experiencing a technical recession. But what does [...]

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How to Interpret the Conflicting Signals

Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 by Chris Lang.

Over the past weeks, I've posted several articles suggesting things are starting to improve — and more particularly, here in Victoria. Since the low point on 6 March, the Australian stock market has enjoyed roughly a 20% improvement. And that has also been reflected on Wall Street. However, we then received the recent announcement of [...]

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Victoria is Starting to Shine

Posted on 10. Mar, 2009 by Chris Lang.

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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