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No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... the economic outlook. According to the Beige Book, manufacturing activity 'slowed in most Districts,' the residential property sector 'remained weak,' and the commercial property market 'slowed in many Districts.' The various government plans, measures ...

Macq inv lending sale won't hit Lever

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... circumstances," he said. The product allows trustees to borrow 55 per cent of the purchase price to buy a residential property of their choice using a limited recourse structure. If the SMSF trustee defaults on the loan, Macquarie sells the asset and ...

Property downturn over: RP Data

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
The bear run of the residential property market is at an end, marked by the surprise slashing of interest rates by the RBA this week, claims RP Data. According to national RP Data property research director Tim Lawless, the residential market has now ...

Defence housing to double pipeline to $3bn

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... program from $1.3 billion over the next three years to potentially $3 billion, paving the way for a bigger residential property market for both retail and institutional investors. "Over the next three years our minimum capital program is $1.3 billion. ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Australian residential property is overvalued and primed for a price correction, according the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meanwhile housing supply is in such demand that rents are projected to jump 50 per cent. The rental price jump predicted ...

Property before super: IPSOS

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... they were performing. However compared to the actual value of their home or their knowledge of the value of residential property, the amount in their funds are not seen as much as [their property's value]," said Torkar. "It's a catch 22. [Superannuation ...

US property still has upside

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
US residential property may be in freefall but the institutional investment property market is quite another story, according to CB Richard Ellis Investors. In their "Navigating Stormy Seas: the US real estate investment outlook" report, Doug Herzbrun ...

MillhouseIAG buys Huntley

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... entity, custodian, trustee and/or manager for 50 managed investment projects worth $150 million including residential property investments, commercial property syndicates and trusts, resource and agricultural investment projects. Millhouse Funds Management's ...

Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... purchases of commercial property, but the firms have not ruled out the possibility of expanding into the residential property sector down the line. Calliva has committed warehouse funding from Royal Bank of Scotland for the loan. The loan is currently ...

Asian REITs continue to sizzle

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
Investor appetite for Asian commercial and residential property is forecasted to grow in the medium term despite an expected sluggish global property market in 2008. Peter Mitchell, CEO of the Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA) said at a nabCapital-sponsored ...