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Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... third and second quarters, respectively. This is sharply higher than market expectations for a 2.4% gain and takes the annual rate of increase in property prices up to 7.7% in the December quarter from 3.5% in the three-months ended September 2016. As ...

Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... and weakening demand in 2017. "Seoul commercial real estate may surprise this year with stronger growth. The bulk of the city's oversupply has been absorbed and tenant demand may improve because of the recovering economy, supported by stronger ties with ...

Guest of honour

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... if there's something wrong with the calculation the computer's using, they won't see it. Whereas I can look at an interest rate calculation and tell you whether it's right or wrong. And they ask, 'Why, Barry?' And it's because I know it's wrong; I know ...

Swiss manager acquires Melbourne property

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... "We are also happy for our acquisition targets to offer potential in their tenant structure, e.g. in terms of the vacancy rate or, with respect to the costs side, a need for refurbishment. Our active asset management allows us to leverage this potential ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... while the finished goods prices index jumped to 8.0 from 1.2. Wages and benefits also climbed to 18.4 from 16.4. December fed rate hike here we come. Eurozone M3 money supply The region's M3 money supply slowed to 4.4% in the year to October from 5.0% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index went up by 5.1% in the year to August, accelerating from July's 5.1% rate. However, the monthly growth rate in the index slowed to 0.4% from 0.6% in July. UK industrial trends survey The Confederation ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... presidents spoke in different tongues but the underlying message is best summed up by Mester who said that the case for a November rate hike is "live" and "compelling" and that politics (8 November US presidential elections) won't have a bearing on the ...

SMSF investors not all in property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... potential for capital growth and rental income. Importantly, most investors are not speculating on quick gains in a low interest rate environment," he said. "The survey also affirms that a lot of the discussion about negative gearing misses the mark. ...

Sustainable office trust attracts major new investor

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... Church's ethical investment policies and recognises the ongoing environmental and social benefits of revitalising decentralised city office buildings. "The Uniting Church Synod of NSW and the ACT is one of the earliest adopters of ethical investment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... Committee met in April indicates that the pace of improvement in the labor market has slowed... although the unemployment rate has declined". According to the FOMC statement, the slowdown in the labour market came just as "growth in economic activity ...