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Seven things you need to know about the Australian property market

After the biggest fall in at least 40 years – with a 10.2% top to bottom fall between September 2017 and June this year - average capital city home prices have turned...
Shane Oliver
AMP
Property
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The art of direct investing

Picture a sustainable income of 5.7% p.a.* with one of Australia's leading direct property fund managers. Charter Hall Direct Office Fund is an unlisted property fund...
Steven Bennett
Steven Bennett
Charter Hall
Property

Housing Boom is Back, Baby!

Today I show that the great Aussie housing boom is well and truly back, with Sydney and Melbourne house prices surging in August, up by north of 1.2% in the month...
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Christopher Joye
Coolabah Capital
Property

The high price of safety

If you find mortgage repayments a burden, consider moving to Denmark, where Jyske Bank recently announced a 10-year fixed rate mortgage with an interest rate of minus...
CHC
GMG
Pete Morrissey
Dexus
Property

9 essential charts on Australian housing

Last week, we asked three experts whether the Australian housing market had found a bottom in recent months. While the contributors opinions differed on the overall...
Patrick Poke
Patrick Poke
Livewire Markets
Property

Has the housing market bottomed?

Negative bond yields, Trump’s Trade War, and protests in Hong Kong have stolen all the headlines in recent months, but (relatively) quietly, a bottom has been forming...
Patrick Poke
Patrick Poke
Livewire Markets
Property

Visible performance and hidden risks

In investing, as in other areas of life, there is the visible and the hidden. Something tangible, like an object or a number, is easily seen, and more memorable...
CHC
GMG
SCG
Pete Morrissey
Dexus
Property

The Asian engine room will fire for years to come

This time last year, we outlined the opportunity in the Asian REIT sector with Livewire in this interview. In the year to 31 May 2019, the sector has gained 28%(1)....
Corrine Ng
Dexus
Property

Key themes for property over the next 12 months

Despite the natural desire to break down the housing market into soundbites and neat changes in median prices, sub-markets remain just as fractured and diverse as they...
Pete Wargent
AllenWargent Property Buyers
Property

Sydney & Melbourne house prices lead the race downwards in 2019

On Tuesday the ABS released March quarter property price data revealing that established house prices fell in all eight capital cities. However, it was Sydney and...
Angela Ashton
Evergreen Consultants
Property

Don't underestimate bricks and mortar retail

Most direct property segments have solid fundamental support for valuations. Retail has been viewed as the exception. Landlords see many tenants under siege from the...
SCG
Stephen Hayes
First Sentier Investors
Property

Pundits conceal the risk on Aussie housing

The Australian housing market is crazy. Plenty of pundits are calling for the bottom of the current housing downturn now that a “house price friendly” federal...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Property

A strong foundation for building yield

Commercial real estate is an income-generating asset class that covers a broad range of property types, including office buildings, shopping centres, warehouses and...
David Rogers
David Rogers
Fort Street Real Estate
Expert Insights

The intangible drivers of property prices

There has been an exhaustive amount of analysis and opinion directed at the key drivers behind property prices in Australia. Livewire recently asked Tim Johansen,...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Property

The housing market was worth more on Sunday than Saturday

The Marcus Today rules include never writing about religion, politics, or the AFL but it's unavoidable today. Rather than pass opinion here are some unbiased collected...
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Marcus Padley
Marcus Today
Expert Insights

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...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
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...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
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...
GMG
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
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