PROPERTY

Funds management

Home owners are continuing to refinance their mortgages, even as the property rate remains flat, according to the latest Home Finance Index....

Financial planning

Investor distributions in the Australian Unity Investments Healthcare Property Trust will be boosted by a $200 million refinancing loan, according to AUI....

Funds management

The property funds management sector is preparing for a period of growth, planning capital raising, hiring and acquisitions, according to a Property Funds Association mem...

Superannuation

SMSF trustees need to look outside the square with respect to property investment....

Editorial

Australian residential property does not behave like other investment classes, writes Tim Farrelly. He explains why this is the case, and makes some forecasts about the f...

Superannuation

Poor management among unlisted property funds needs to be addressed in order for the sector to repair its image problem, according to Centuria Property Funds....

Funds management

With an increasing number of financial advisory groups offering some form of property advice either through in-house specialists or through a referral agreement, property...

Funds management

With returns on the way back, now is the time for institutional investors to get back into offshore property assets - in particular, residential apartments in the US, acc...

Funds management

The outlook for Australian real estate investment trust (AREIT) funds has improved in Morningstar's latest review of the sector, with six funds upgraded and improved fund...

Funds management

Australia and China are leading the global real estate recovery, with the Asia Pacific region set to surpass the United States to become the second largest commercial pro...

Financial planning

Perth-based financial services group Wealth Management Partners (WMP) has acquired a substantial stake in property advisory service REaffirm....

Funds management

The Australian commercial property market has delivered 12 months of strong returns, but the pace of the recovery in the sector is slowing, according to the PCA/IPD Austr...

Funds management

Global listed property strategies are likely to pay income distributions from 30 June, 2011; however, the risks of a fluctuating currency remain, according to Morningstar...

Funds management

Rental rates and values in commercial properties are tipped for strong growth on the back of huge demand for office space in the Sydney and Melbourne central business dis...

Funds management

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has raised 130 million euros at the first close of its Japanese Commercial Real Estate Debt investment vehicle from a Japan-based AXA ...

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