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Hear from industry experts on what is really driving property markets today, and what you could expect ahead.

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A healthy detox for the property market

Like most assets classes, the property market moves in cycles and with that comes periods of boom and bust. Tim Johansen, Managing Director – Real Estate Finance at...
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Property

Don't mistake a developer for a rent collector

If you’re an Australian Real Estate Investment Trust (AREIT) investor looking for reliable, stable income, you are being misled. The AREIT Index is not what you think...
GMG
SCG
Matthew Coleman
Matthew Coleman
Dexus
Property

How this LIT overcame the odds

To establish a "pure property debt" listed investment trust amid all negative sentiment permeating the Australian property market would have many pundits scratching...
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Property

3 factors that keep AREITs performing

The AREIT sector returned 3.3% over 2018. Compared to Australian equities, down 3.1%, it was a respectable performance considering the wintry outlook predicted by some...
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SCG
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Pete Morrissey
Dexus
Property

Risks and rewards of direct property funds

When you think of the phrase ‘property investing’ what comes to mind? A unit in a nearby apartment block, a block in an expanding suburb, or maybe a beachside studio?...
Tom Forrest
Tom Forrest
APN Property Group
Property

Commercial vs. residential property - a different way to invest

Given the notable rise in residential values over recent years, the sector has drawn an increased amount of attention as a real estate investment class. Australia’s...
Steven Bennett
Steven Bennett
Charter Hall
Property

Residential Property Declines – The Lessons of History

The critical financial issue in the Australian economy at present is clearly the possible economic effect of the decline in home prices. We have been warning about...
Dr Philipp Hofflin
Lazard Asset Management
Property

This Christmas, relax and bank on the yield

Remember Clive Dunn, star of BBC post-war sitcom Dad’s Army? His character, Lance Corporal Jones, would descend into a state of hysteria at the first mention of...
Pete Morrissey
Dexus
Property

Blackstone vs Oxford: And the winner is...

In investing, there’s real value in knowing how much something is actually worth. And nothing better illustrates that fact than the three-year tussle for control of...
Pete Morrissey
Dexus
Property

The changing face of industrial property

After 27 consecutive years of economic expansion, one of the fastest rates of population growth in the Western world, a raft of infrastructure projects and the rise of...
Matthew Coleman
Matthew Coleman
Dexus
Property

Oversupply in the housing market

The scale and duration of Australia’s construction boom has led to fears that the housing market could soon face oversupply. We sat down with Andrew Schwartz, Group...
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Expert Insights

Property still in high demand

Residential property data have been increasingly bearish over the last six months. However, Andrew Schwartz, Group Managing Director at Qualitas, which invests across...
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Livewire Markets
Property

5 key charts on the housing market

The problem with the entire residential narrative is that it is based on short-term perspectives. Taking a long-term view, house price growth over the last six years...
Matthew Coleman
Matthew Coleman
Dexus
Property

More to come from the infrastructure boom

Almost 12 months ago, we published an article about the coming boom in Australian infrastructure spending. At the time, a popular chart by Macromonitor (see below) was...
LLC
TCL
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Property

Preparing for, not predicting, the housing crash

Newspaper headlines like “House prices continue to tumble nationally” are now everywhere. While we have been worried about the potential for a housing correction for a...
Alex Shevelev
Forager
Property

Why WeWork works

The concept of flexible office space, or coworking, has been around for decades. It never garnered much attention, until the arrival of WeWork that is. In just 7...
Corrine Ng
Dexus
Property

3 key themes for AREITS

The Australian Real Estate Investment Trust sector’s total return of 13.2% for the 2018 financial year might get investors a little excited, especially with earnings...
APD
Pete Morrissey
Dexus
Property

A different source of income

With Labor tipped to win the next election, and franking credits in their sights, here are eight reasons we believe conservative investors looking for sustainable...
APD
Matthew Coleman
Matthew Coleman
Dexus
Property

Housing losses are going to get worse... (And RMBS downgraded)

Today I argue that our 2017 forecast for a 5% to 10% peak-to-trough drop in national house prices, which we are already 40% of the way to achieving, could extend to a...
Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Property

Falling house prices: hype and reality

If house prices are falling as rapidly as some headlines impute, can we expect this to impact AREIT investors? Let’s begin by looking at the facts, rather than the...
Michael Doble
Michael Doble
APN Property Group
Property

Imagine Chadstone or Westfield on a Sunday with triple the crowds

Imagine you lead the investment arm of a global property investment company. One day, your boss walks in. She wants you to find a site to build a new shopping centre....
Patrick O'Reilly
Patrick O'Reilly
APN Property Group
Property

Australia's premium shopping centre portfolio

Australia's premium shopping centre portfolio, Scentre Group, owns great real estate in a sector that has huge barriers to entry (for their better retail assets), in...
APD
SCG
Michael Doble
Michael Doble
APN Property Group
Property

Aventus: What the market is overlooking

Aventus Retail Property Fund offers a quality, active management team that is consistently seeking to maximise returns from a well-diversified portfolio of assets...
AVN
Pete Morrissey
Dexus
Property

Retail property Armageddon

Everyone shops on the Internet these days, don’t they? That’s why Armageddon looms for retailers and therefore investors in retail property. If you’re looking for a...
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DXS
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Michael Doble
Michael Doble
APN Property Group
Property

5 reasons housing prices to keep falling

The current 25-year credit cycle has seen Australian household leverage rates move to record levels versus all other developed markets. This degree of leverage is...
Tim Hannon
Tim Hannon
Conrad Capital Group
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