Jun, 2019

RBA cuts the cash rate to 1.25% -New low puts borrowers on a $21,000 high

Finance Markets / Mortgages

In a widely predicted outcome, Australian borrowers were granted a cash rate cut to 1.25% today – a move that broke the mould of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) hold strategy of almost 3 years.

Australia

Apr, 2019

COMMERCIAL FINANCE TRENDS IN AUSTRALIA’S POST HAYNE REPORT CLIMATE

Finance Markets / Market Trends

As Australia’s banking sector continues its recovery from the perfect storm of APRA restraints, the Royal Commission and resulting Hayne Report - pre-sale criteria continues to constrict residential development, lenders are looking to size up loan books and scramble to develop new products for the changing market and many anticipate an interest rate decrease, according to Stamford Capital’s Real Estate Debt Capital Markets Survey 2019.

Australia

Mar, 2019

CapitaLand launches one of China’s largest discretionary debt funds

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

CapitaLand Limited (“CapitaLand”) announced today the first closing of CREDO I China – the Group’s first discretionary real estate debt fund. The fund, with a target capital raise of US$750 million (about S$1 billion), will invest in offshore US dollar-denominated subordinated instruments for real estate in China’s first- and second-tier cities1. It will focus on loans and securities of high-quality real estate covering commercial, retail, residential, logistics and industrial properties.

Singapore

Nov, 2018

Sydney investors turn attention to NSW’s Central Coast

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Savills Australia sells restaurant and apartment for $3.35million

Australia / Sydney

Jul, 2018

CBA Suncorp & Westpac cut mortgage discount rates by 55 bp & Westpac withdraws lending to SMSFs

Finance Markets / Mortgages

The Australian Financial Review today announced that Westpac and its subsidiaries Bank of Melbourne, St George Bank and BankSA, will withdraw from lending to small super funds at the end of July.

Australia

Apr, 2018

Rates set to rise

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

While the Reserve Bank of Australia has indicated cash rates will remain stable, lenders are increasing property borrowing rates by up to 25 basis points, in response to rising funding pressures.

Australia

Apr, 2018

Bond yields expected to boost locally listed properties

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

The recent contraction in bond yields could boost relative performance for locally listed properties, according to figures released by Citi, whose research concluded that the yield curve for Australian bonds is flattening again.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Slow growth prompts asset diversification

Finance Markets / Market Trends

The likelihood of future interest rate rises is prompting more emphasis on asset diversification and stability of income as investors move beyond traditional yield- based performance, says CBRE head of global research Nick Axford.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Malaysian developer turns to foreign banks for funding

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Four offshore banks will fund Malaysian developer OSK Property’s $2.8 billion Melbourne Square project.

Australia

Mar, 2018

ANZ boss predicts property developer “pain”

Finance Markets / Market Trends

ANZ boss Shayne Elliot has predicted pain for property developers, due to Australia’s highly indebted households, but says high savings rates will result in a soft landing.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Retirees bitter over Labor?s franking proposal

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Seventy-one year old grandfather George Citer stands to lose a sizable chunk of his disposable income, under Labor?s plan to slash franking credits.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Biggest threat to banks is competition, despite bad lending practices, says Hempton

Finance Markets / Mortgages

Australia’s banks will be more impacted by competition in the long term, than an overvalued property market, despite an increase in dodgy mortgages, according to hedge fund manager John Hempton.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Data in Action

Finance Markets / Market Trends

While economic data releases over February generally show ongoing positive momentum in the Australian economy, financial market volatility plus slipping house prices and reduced online sales growth resulted in an increase in red 'traffic lights'.

Australia

Feb, 2018

French AXA enters Australian commercial debt market

Finance Markets / Market Trends

One of the world?s largest non-bank lenders, AXA Investment Managers-Real Assets, has indicated its intention to enter the commercial real estate debt market.

Feb, 2018

Investors eye multimillion-dollar sales to test Sydney market

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Investors are testing the market for buyer appetite with two sites for sale across North Sydney and the city.

Australia

Feb, 2018

A-REITs to underperform against equities: analysts

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Australias listed real estate trusts are likely to underperform equities again this year as rising bond yields cause volatility in both sectors, analysts say.

Australia

Feb, 2018

First home buyers rule the cooling new housing market

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

First home buyers are the rising force in a cooling residential property market, according to the latest NAB survey of industry professionals.

Australia

Jan, 2018

Bitcoin becoming more popular for real estate sales

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Bitcoin fever has hit the U.S. real estate market, especially that of Florida, offering foreign investors a way to dodge currency controls at home and U.S. economic sanctions.

United States of America

Nov, 2017

Bankstown office vacancy hits record low

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

With Parramatta office sector nearing a full house, there has been an overflow to Bankstown, according to new research.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Commercial real estate is Australia's other big property risk

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

We've been talking about the Sydney and Melbourne housing bubble for years, but there's another danger looming.

Australia

Nov, 2017

London office property market robust with strongest nine months on record

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Investment in the central London office property market has surged this year, rents remain stable and the extreme risk to Brexit related jobs is overstated, according to a new analysis.

England

Nov, 2017

Fierce competition at auctions for shops

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Shops on Melbourne's suburban strips continue to attract premium prices and fierce competition at auctions.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Demand for London offices reaches decade high in the West End despite Brexit

Finance Markets / Market Trends

London office take-up is on the rise despite Brexit with demand in the West End at its highest for more than a decade, new research has found.

England

Nov, 2017

Co-working office headhunting corporates

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Co-working office operators are going after growth in the corporate market, boasting of 25 to 30 per cent savings on the cost of a traditional office lease.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Generational shifts as shops change hands

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

South Yarra fruit and vegetable wholesaler Daniel D'Andrea has snapped up the Chapel Street premises of one of Melbourne's longest-running antique dealers, McPhee's. Â

Australia

Nov, 2017

Hotels hit straps as long-time owners cash out

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Generational change and booming property values are hitting pub ownership as hotels without underpinning pokie machine income or trendy destinations face an uncertain future. Â

Australia

Nov, 2017

Glittering skyscraper plans fall over, buyers refunded

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

At least 581 apartment buyers have been left in the lurch after a Singaporean developer pulled the plug on a glittering 71 storey Melbourne tower following a long and bitter legal battle that undermined the project. Â

Australia

Oct, 2017

Charter Hall Retail REIT delivers 4pc growth

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Charter Hall Retail REIT will focus on increasing its portfolio with larger-scale, food-anchored neighbourhood shopping centres after posting a 4 per cent rise in sales growth for the September quarter. Â

Australia

Oct, 2017

Hotel sector preparing for a shake-up

Finance Markets / Market Trends

The Australian hotel sector is set for a major shake-up following news that Mantra Group has entered into an agreement with the Paris-based Accor in a deal valued at about $1.2 billion.

Australia

Oct, 2017

How long can this party last?

Finance Markets / Market Trends

With commercial office landlords in Sydney in the grip of a perfect storm of low supply, buoyant demand and rising rents, it might be time to pause and consider those events that could put a stop to this record period of bliss. Â Â

Australia

Oct, 2017

Industrial property captures high returns for investors

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

In one of the largest industrial property leases for some time, DV Schenker, a large multi-client contract logistics business, has leased a former Masters distribution facility for the next decade. Â

Australia

Sep, 2017

Flexible short-term space a sign of the times.

Finance Markets / Market Trends

There are different ways businesses can make their work space more flexible to suit their needs, and that of their employees. Activity-based working, hot-desking and work from home options are just a few.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Guangzhou no longer living in the shadow of Beijing and Shanghai

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

There are still bargains to be found in the southern Chinese city

China

Aug, 2017

Muir family sells another Good Guys store

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

A corner property leased to The Good Guys, Goodyear and Burson Auto in Melbourne's Hoppers Crossing has sold for $11 million.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Law Institute to offload Bourke Street office

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

The Law Institute of Victoria has moved to sell its Melbourne headquarters in Bourke Street, a building it has occupied for nearly 40 years.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Competition heats up in portfolio auction space

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Real estate agency CBRE will up the ante on competitor Burgess Rawson when it launches a regular portfolio auction campaign this month.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Co-working office space demand in Hong Kong rising

Finance Markets / Market Trends

According to JLL's latest Hong Kong Monthly Market Monitor report, returning office stock arising from expiring leases led to a net withdrawal of 16,000 sq. ft in the Grade A office market in June 2017.

Hong Kong SAR

Jul, 2017

100 Collins strata office peaks

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Melbourne's CBD hot strata market is on a streak with a fifth office in Collins Street modernist building setting a new price record. Â

Australia

Jul, 2017

London building just broke a property price-tag record

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Land Securities Group Plc and Canary Wharf Group Plc agreed to sell the skyscraper known as the Walkie Talkie to Hong Kong-based LKK Health Products Group Ltd. for 1.28 billion pounds (US$1.7 billion), according to a statement Thursday.

England

Jul, 2017

Malaysian developer targets owner-occupiers in Southbank

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Malaysian developer OSK Property is firmly staking its $2.8 billion mixed-use complex Melbourne Square on a rise in owner-occupier demand with 78 per cent of apartments offered having two or more bedrooms.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Industrial development land in investors' sights

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

The investment market for industrial property is the strongest that developers and agents say they have seen for many years.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Downtown Manhattan asking rents reach all-time highs in June

Finance Markets / Market Trends

According to CBRE, the average asking rent in the Downtown Manhattan office market reached an all-time high of $62 per sq. ft., following the addition of 1.7 million square feet of space at 3 WTC.

United States of America

Jul, 2017

CBD strata office market in hot demand

Finance Markets / Market Trends

The low interest rate environment has seen a rise in demand in the Sydney CBD sub-$5 million office strata market as small businesses, who are tenants, are now getting a better return through buying the properties.

Australia

Jun, 2017

Binks site adds to Footscray unit heat

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Offshore developer AVIC Group has proposed a $162 million mixed-use estate for the former Binks Ford car yard in Footscray.

Australia

Jun, 2017

Eastern Germany's towns and cities lure investors with attractive yields

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Eastern Germany's medium-sized cities are enjoying a comeback. Not only are population and household numbers on the rise, but labour markets and purchasing power are also increasing in many regions.

Germany

May, 2017

Legal precinct strata heat

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Generational change in the legal precinct has sparked a series of property deals with owners taking advantage of hot CBD prices.

Australia

May, 2017

Developers look to mixed-use sites for growth

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Mixed-use developments are the new mainstay in the property sector, providing a range of affordable housing, apartment and townhouse-living, with a community feel and retail, food and in some cases, childcare and schools, as part of the project.

Australia

May, 2017

Moscow's luxury hotel sector index dips in Q1

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

The market in the Russian capital is still riding strong, gaining volume of rooms sold in most segments and rates in some.

Russia

May, 2017

Deagues dispose of 1 Queens Road car park

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

The Deague family has put its St Kilda Road Towers 650-bay car park on the market with expectations of more than $25 million.

Australia

May, 2017

Commercial property the bigger risk to banks: Fitch Ratings

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Losses on commercial real estate loans pose a more immediate risk to Australia's banks than developments in the housing market, where regulators are putting the brakes on riskier lending, Fitch Ratings says. Â

Australia

May, 2017

International investors eyeing Madrid 's commercial property market

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

In terms of global investment trends in commercial property, the latest results point to Spain seeing the sharpest quarterly improvement in market conditions.

Spain

May, 2017

Major deals ahead for the Hungarian real estate market

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

It is very likely that business deals in the Hungarian investment property market in 2017 will reach last year's â?¬1.54 billion (HUF 480 million) turnover â?? predicts the Budapest office of CBRE.Â

Hungary

May, 2017

A red book is in the works for Vietnamese condotels

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

As condotels go from strength to strength in the country, new guidelines are in order.

Vietnam

Apr, 2017

Demand a stellar win for hotels sector

Finance Markets / Market Trends

The eastern seaboard markets of Sydney and Melbourne were the standout performers in 2016 with the continued achievement of strong market KPIs against a backdrop of compressing yields.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Brexit not a barrier for Middle Eastern property investors in UK

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

A government-led delegation of UK investors and developers are set to visit the Middle East to strike deals with investors as they continue to plough their wealth into the UK post-Brexit.

England

Apr, 2017

Downtown Manhattan enjoys significant surge of office leasing in early 2017

Finance Markets / Market Trends

According to JLL, lower Manhattan recorded more than 2.3 million square feet in leasing transactions in the first quarter of 2017

United States of America

Apr, 2017

Hong Kong plugs property tax loophole amid home-buying spree

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Hong Kong's government tightened property rules for the second time since November to shut a loophole that allowed investors to snap up multiple units in one shot to qualify for lower tax rates.

Hong Kong SAR

Apr, 2017

150 enquiries, 80 bids, drives 3.24% yield

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Eighty bids from eight bidders pushed the yield on a Deepdene property to a tight 3.24 per cent following a frenetic Teska Carson marketing campaign which attracted more than 150 enquiries.Â

Australia

Apr, 2017

Auction sales reap $18.5m

Finance Markets / Market Trends

It was fast and furious at the recent auctions for assets from Willoughby to Gosford with seven out of eight properties transacting across a portfolio of assets, culminating in $18,625,000 of transactions.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Capital injection set for Brisbane amid attraction of yield spread

Finance Markets / Latest News

Brisbane's commercial property market is expected to rise on the radar of investors over the next two years as yield compression reaches its peak in Sydney and Melbourne.Â

Australia

Apr, 2017

Hong Kong warns on home loan risks as prices soar

Finance Markets / Mortgages

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has warned banks in the city over the rising risks of property lending, according to the Oriental Daily, just as home prices notch up another record in the world's most expensive housing market and Citigroup Inc. sees an imminent round of new cooling measures.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Can housing bubbles be stopped? Australia's tiny apartments say no

Finance Markets / Market Trends

From Australia to Canada, authorities are learning a hard lesson in their efforts to curb the foreign money flooding their property markets: deterrents quickly lose their punch.

Australia

Apr, 2017

ASIC joins APRA in interest-only home loan crackdown

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

The corporate watchdog has joined the banking regulator in cracking down on interest-only home loans, announcing targeted surveillance of lenders and mortgage brokers who are inappropriately spruiking the loans.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Hotel sector under the spotlight

Finance Markets / Market Trends

The hotel sector has been catapulted into the spotlight with the recent trading activity in the listed Mantra Group.

Australia

Mar, 2017

JPMorgan said in talks for Dublin office as Citi weighs EU unit

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is in talks to buy a Dublin office building as the bank considers expanding in the Irish capital as one of its options for when Britain leaves the European Union, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Ireland

Mar, 2017

Leasing deals doubled as government settles in

Finance Markets / Market Trends

New leasing deals signed by the state and federal governments have underpinned a surge in office deals in Melbourne's CBD in the past year.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Boutique sized offices in high demand

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Sydney's tightening office market has led tenants to seek smaller premises to get a foothold in the city, according to agents.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Germany overtakes UK as most active European commercial property market

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Germany overtook the UK as the most active commercial property market in Europe in 2016 with transactions totalling â?¬59 billion, according to the latest research.

Germany

Mar, 2017

A-Reits alright

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

A-Reits remain resilient and solid performing according to CLSA's latest report.Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

Asia Pacific property investors seeking yield spreads, interest in Vietnam rising

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

According to CBRE's Asia Pacific Investor Intentions Survey 2017, Asia Pacific real estate investors will be motivated by fundamental investment objectives, including seeking favorable yield spreads and adopting higher risk/return strategies.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Chinese developers face headwinds, warns Moody's

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Ratings agency Moody's Investor Services has warned that Chinese developers will face increasing competition, after the Chinese government said it would fine-tune some measures to curtail price hikes in some cities.

China

Mar, 2017

Education leasing up 200% on previous 12 months

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Melbourne CBD's education sector continues to grow with the total amount of space leased in 2016 up over 200 per cent on the previous year, according to a Savills Research survey, while recent hikes in land taxes has exacerbated stock level shortages and put increasing upward pressure on rents.Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

Australia seen as the safe haven for investors

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Demand for high-quality, stable markets throughout Australia will keep the overseas cash coming in as investors steer clear of volatility elsewhere in the world.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Consolidations, Relocations Driving Hong Kong Office Demand in 2017

Finance Markets / Market Trends

According to JLL's latest Hong Kong Monthly Market Monitor, despite office leasing activity slowing around the lunar New Year holidays, the Grade-A office market still recorded a number of notable transactions in January 2017. A

Hong Kong SAR

Mar, 2017

Healthcare assets the hot ticket item for investors

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Strong growth in the healthcare sector â?? underpinned by Australia's ageing population â?? has sparked the sale of a medical facility on the Mornington Peninsula.Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

Melbourne city bank branches are on the move

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

The Commonwealth Bank will relocate its Flinders Street branch to a smaller store about 50 metres further down the street, the latest in a wave of bank branch moves.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Melbourne leads nation with record industrial & logistics sales turnover

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Victoria's industrial & logistics sector recorded its strongest year of sales on record in 2016, with $1.92 billion in assets changing hands â?? representing a 15% increase from 2015

Australia

Feb, 2017

Hong Kong Developers Advance Ahead of City's Budget Speech

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Hong Kong property stocks extended gains ahead of the city's annual budget speech on Wednesday, as some analysts anticipated announcements that would benefit developers

Hong Kong SAR

Feb, 2017

Land prices rise to record highs as size of blocks fall

Finance Markets / Market Trends

The average time on the market for land in Melbourne's outer growth suburbs has dropped below 60 days, the lowest ever recorded. Â

Australia

Feb, 2017

Fringe sales on investors' minds

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Investors are turning their attention to the city fringe as they seek higher-yielding bricks and mortar.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Money flowing again for developments but it is choosy and expensive: Stamford Capital

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Project funding is coming on stream again after the banking market effectively 'seized' in mid-2016, but this new money is very choosy and comes at a price, says Stamford Capital's executive director Michael Hynes.

Australia

Feb, 2017

BNP rents Taikoo Place at HKD 50 psf

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

Bank BNP Paribas, who rents multi-storey at Phase 3 of Exchange Square in Central, has recently completed the pre-leasing of a number of commercial buildings in Taikoo Place in Quarry Bay, including Dorest House, covering a total of about 90,000 sq ft, at a rent of HKD 50 per sq ft, only 40% of the rent of Exchange Square.

Hong Kong SAR

Feb, 2017

Chinese investor buys Greensborough shops on 4.4% yield

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

A Chinese investor has paid $2.95 million on a tight 4.4 per cent yield for a fully leased Main Street Greensborough property with development upside, in a deal brokered by Savills Nick Peden and Jesse Radisich.

Australia

Jan, 2017

Back to the future as yields top 2007 peak

Finance Markets / Market Trends

Australian commercial property values reached an all-time high by the end of 2016, out-pacing the levels achieved in 2007 on the eve of the global financial crisis.

Australia

Jan, 2017

Innovative Sunshine Coast business hub enjoys strong start

Finance Markets / Market Trends

A new warehouse style business hub earmarked for the Sunshine Coast has attracted strong interest just weeks after its launch, with interstate and international buyers keen to secure space within the popular Caloundra West precinct.Â

Australia

Jan, 2017

Foreigners dominate with 39.5% of $26.9b spend

Finance Markets / Latest Activity

National investment down on last year but up on long term averageÂ

Australia