PROPERTY

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Bankers are being warned to manage the risks associated with lending for commercial property purchases carefully, or face significant pain in a downturn....

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Investors who back Perth’s CBD office market are in line for strong rents over the next 10 years, according to property group, JLL....

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Sydney and Melbourne are proving popular with Asian commercial property investors, according to CBRE....

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ASIC is taking action over companies associated with the 21st Century Group and Jamie McIntyre as it alleges five banking schemes are unregistered managed investment sche...

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Changes to gaming legislation in Queensland are set to make the state’s pubs an enticing proposition for investors, after a bumper year for hotel transaction....

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Federation Centres chief executive, Steven Sewell, has agreed to leave the company after playing a key role in the shopping centre giant’s merger with the Novion Property...

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Financial planning

First home buyers were opting for investment properties over owner-occupied homes as property prices skyrocketed in Australian capital cities....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers must monitor the legality of foreign investment into Australian property, amidst calls for transparent rules to govern the investors....

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Life/Risk

Property investors are being urged to take advantage of the opportunities available in the healthcare and retirement living sector....

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Office vacancy rates in Melbourne’s CBD are set to drop to eight per cent by 2018 on the back of a recovery in the financial services sector, research reveals....

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The Cromwell Property Group is closing out the financial year strongly, having secured 60 leases totalling over 80,000 square metres....

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The March quarter saw an $80 billion rise in property assets and such large allocations to the asset could expose households to higher interest rates and sudden falls in ...

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Mortgage lenders are likely to pull the plug on interest only loans in response to warning from APRA about the need to slow investor credit growth....

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Property investors are forecasting that non-residential assets will outperform the equities market over the coming 12 to 24 months, the API reveals....

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More than 25,000 Australian residential properties have been purchased by overseas Chinese investors over the past three years, making China the country’s top real estate...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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