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Top business leaders on key issues in The Australian's in-depth section
NEWS
Share selloff wipes $32bn
Sarah Jane Tasker REGIONAL sharemarkets tumbled on deepening debt worries in Europe and concerns about China's slowing growth rate.
WORLD BUSINESS WITH THE WALL ST JOURNAL
EU ministers to discuss stimulus
9:22AM Matthew Dalton EUROPEAN finance ministers this week will discuss if nations with the strongest public finances can provide some budget stimulus.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Home buyers take up fixed-term rates
Teresa Ooi HOME buyers rushed to lock in lower fixed-term interest rates last month amid increasing uncertainty about the economy.
AVIATION
Shop around for better travel insurance
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer AUSTRALIANS heading overseas should shop around for travel insurance and could find smaller, specialist providers are cheaper.
LEGAL AFFAIRS
Bar pays $1.6m for lucky 21
Nicola Berkovic The Victorian Bar has invested about $1.6 million fitting out lavish new chambers to accommodate a select group of 21 barristers.
SMALL BUSINESS
Seriously light reading for everyone
BUSINESS TECH: Ian Grayson Avid bibliophiles no longer need to lug along a weighty bunch of books on their travels.
IN-DEPTH
Fears hold back recovery
John Macfarlane IT is now four years since the onset of the global financial crisis and it seems to me that there have been three distinct phases.
Cities defy global weakness
Bridget Carter AUSTRALIA'S capital city office leasing markets are defying the weak global economic sentiment.
Realtors disagree on office decline
Louis White Perth's office vacancy rate is falling, but the rate of decline is subject to dispute.
We need to become the skilled country
DEMOGRAPHER: Bernard Salt THE Australian economy is changing, as is the workforce.
Suncorp cuts development field
Bridget Carter SUNCORP has narrowed the field to develop its $250 million-plus headquarters in Brisbane.
Germans bid $190m for ASX site
Bridget Carter eutscheAnother asset of the failed Record trust may be about to go.
Scottish bank may lose $1bn on sale
Bridget Carter Bank of Scotland International is expected to sell up to $2 billion worth of Gold Coast and New Zealand property loans.
Buyers' thirst for brewery land
Sarah Danckert and Blair Speedy The takeover of Foster's could see an enormous piece of prime real estate in inner suburban Melbourne placed on the market.
Cromwell for Leighton offices deal
Leighton Properties is finalising the sale of two Brisbane properties to local investor Cromwell in a $277 million deal.
Bourke Street sale comes with bonus
Sarah Danckert Charter Hall is finalising a deal to purchase a Bourke Street office building from Eastern Holdings.
GPT takes over the management reins
Sarah Danckert GPT Group will internalise the property management services of the 16 industrial and office assets it owns following a strategic review.
Sales right up Malaysians' alley
Florence Chong When SP Setia, held a preview of its first Australian project, it sold $112m worth of units in three days.
Third tower wraps up development
Florence Chong Singapore has transformed its CBD on reclaimed land.
QIC raising yields $1.72bn
Turi Condon Queensland Investment Corporation has reshuffled the investors in its flagship property fund.
Overseas investors make inroads
Andrew Fraser OVERSEAS investors are propping up activity in the commercial property market - especially in Sydney - as domestic investors desert the field.
GDI sets its sights on Brisbane and Perth
Bridget Carter SYDNEY-based property fund manager GDI Property Group is targeting Brisbane and Perth for further acquisitions.
Profits for sustainable fitout pioneer
TRADING ROOM: Sarah Danckert ISIS decks its halls with all the environmentally sound and employee-friendly bells and whistles that one could need.
China not the only coal in the fire
HOTSPOTTING: Terry Ryder A common question I get at seminars is: what if China stops buying our resources?
Home buyers take up fixed-term rates
Teresa Ooi HOME buyers rushed to lock in lower fixed-term interest rates last month amid increasing uncertainty about the economy.
Redcape lenders call time
Sarah Danckert A GROUP of Redcape Property's senior lenders has called last drinks at the struggling pub group.
Only way is up for house market
Sarah Danckert THE housing market is beginning to show signs of life as new data indicates national house prices have reached their bottom.
Judge to rule on key Centro decision
Bridget Carter A CRITICAL court decision on the creation on a new Centro entity will be delivered on Thursday.
Where's a cashed up investor to go?
THE PANEL: ASK THE EXPERTS WHERE are the best opportunities for cashed-up private investors: the office sector, retail or industrial? Do any locations stand out?
Farmers throw crisis to the wind
HOTSPOTTING: Terry Ryder READING about real estate lately has put me in mind of the 1973 movie The Day of the Jackal and a great album produced two years later by British rock band Supertramp.
Gateway to the good life
Jo Studdert FANCY living in a five-star resort with all its amenities at your disposal, a golf buggy to zip about in and security guards to keep everything safe and orderly?
House prices continue to fall
11:39AM Geoffrey Rogow AUSTRALIAN capital city house prices continued to fall in August, with only Sydney bucking the trend, says RP Data-Rismark.
PwC spanner in the works for Centro
Sarah Danckert THE former auditor has also been listed on class action claims.
House prices on the slide
Sarah Danckert RESEARCH shows more than 300,000 homes nationally are today worth less than their owners paid for them
House prices to post more falls
1:44PM Geoffrey Rogow NATIONAL house prices are expected to continue to fall in the next 12 months, dragged down by Victoria and Queensland.
Mortgage pain hits boom states
12:58PM Michael Bennet HOMEOWNERS' ability to pay mortgages has "materially deteriorated" and Australia's boom states ironically show the most stress.
Foreigners pile in to property
12:06PM Geoffrey Rogow FOREIGN investment in Australia's commercial property market has surged 41 per cent and Sydney's CBD is a prime attraction.
US property market lacking life
7:40AM Alan Zibel and Jeff Bater NEW home sales in the US fell for the fourth straight month in August, inline with expectations.
PwC seeking new judge in Centro case
Sarah Danckert LAWYERS for one-time Centro auditor PwC is seeking to remove judge John Middleton from the trial of two Centro class actions.
Worried home buyers keep saving
Teresa Ooi AUSTRALIANS with mortgages are saving more for a rainy day as growing global financial turmoil unnerves them, a survey shows.
Mortgage brokers 'more engaged'
12:23AM Teresa Ooi MORTGAGE brokers are more engaged with their customers than banks and credit unions are, a new survey has found.
More city buyers find apartments stack up
Majella Corrigan IN some cities there is a big, and growing, gap between the price of apartments and houses.
A tale of two property markets
Max Walsh The housing markets of China and the US are of direct and indirect consequence for Australian investors.
REITs regain their defensive role
James Dunn Real estate investment trusts now derive 92 per cent of their income from rent.
New ways of looking at social housing
Martin Kelly THE crisis in affordable accommodation is being addressed by innovative schemes.
City markets hold on in hard times
HOTSPOTTING: Terry Ryder HOUSE prices in the big cities are not keeping up with the best of the regions, but they are continuing to maintain their defiance.
On sheep's back with a slice of history
Liz Cotton LANDMARK stations have been put on the market in some of Australia's prime wool-growing country.
At the temple of tourism, beware mass approach
CHECKING IN: Martin Kelly YEARS ago it was the Japanese. Now it's the Chinese, Indians, Russians: the future of tourism, mass tourism, everybody says.
Can shops survive the online onslaught?
THE PANEL: ASK THE EXPERTS CAN shopping centres survive the assault from on-line retailing, particularly when consumers are increasingly keeping their wallets shut?
A tale of two cities
Sarah Elks, North Queensland correspondent TOWNSVILLE has a solid public base, but if tourism suffers so does Cairns.
Mining link in mortgage arrears
12:25PM Geoffrey Rogow AN INVESTMENT surge in WA and Queensland property is one of the driving forces behind a recent pick-up in mortgage arrears.
Brickworks downbeat on housing
10:10AM BRICKWORKS Ltd said today there was little chance of a recovery of Australia's housing market in the near term.
The hunt for a trophy husband
Bernard Salt, Demographer LATE last month I was a panellist in a conference session titled a New Era of Work, which explored work habits.
InterContinental nets $40m
Bridget Carter EUREKA Funds management has sold the InterContinental Hotel in Wellington to a New Zealand buyer for $NZ50 million ($40m).
Frasers touts Thames project
Florence Chong INTERNATIONAL developer Frasers Properties last month targeted Australian buyers for its latest London apartment project.
Time to kill stamp duty
Siobahn Ryan AN overhaul of state property taxes could do more to make housing affordable than changes to negative gearing or rent assistance.
Pressure builds as sales deadlines loom
Bridget Carter THE struggling Gold Coast property market is at a critical point, with 500 apartmentsdue to settle by the end of the year.
Asia likely for Sea Temple
Sarah Elks WEALTHY Asian investors are being courted to buy Juniper Group's Sea Temple Golf and Country Club at Port Douglas.
Ex-Austexx centre for sale
Sarah Danckert RECEIVERS have listed for sale the site of a $200 million shopping centre development in Townsville previously owned by Austexx.
Edgar for top Centro job
Sarah Danckert BOB Edgar will be chairman of a new $3 billion listed fund if the merger of Centro Properties and Centro Retail goes ahead.
Schwartz tees up Leura brewery
Bridget Carter Jerry Schwartz has purchased the Leura Golf Course in the NSW Blue Mountains for $2 million.
Landlords go easy on battlers
Bridget Carter Shopping centre landlords are softening their stance towards struggling tenants.
Stockland offloads retail centres
Bridget Carter Bay Village in NSW is the latest site to be earmarked for sale.
A laptop's all you need at new CBA
Sarah Danckert Worker output is more important than a physical presence at CBA's Darling Quarter.
Aspen to expand mining accommodation
Florence Chong Aspen Group is expanding its mining accommodation business in Queensland and South Australia.
Property safe while markets panic
ECONOMIST: Frank Gelber World equity and debt markets are in turmoil. Fear rules.
Marina berths snapped up
Bridget Carter Consolidated Properties has clinched more than $2 million in marina berth sales at Hope Island.
Falling prices debunk housing myth
HOTSPOTTING: Terry Ryder Federal politicians might want to consider a royal commission into the alleged housing shortage.
Housing the 'Greece' of US
6:20AM Kathleen Madigan FORGET gingerbread. Baklava is the more appropriate pastry when thinking of US housing.
House market marking time
Nicki Bourlioufas THE immediate outlook for property prices is for more losses in most capital cities.
Centro battle is far from over
Nabila Ahmed AS the pieces for Centro's salvation finally come together, two separate groups of stakeholders are sharpening their knives.
Stockland reviews executive pay
Bridget Carter STOCKLAND'S stance on executive pay is up for review following criticism of a pay rise to its managing director.
Former GPT man to steer Valad
Bridget Carter FORMER GPT Group head Nic Lyons has been appointed chief executive of Valad Property Group.
Ex-GPT head Lyons to run Valad
12:47PM Bridget Carter FORMER GPT Group head Nic Lyons has been appointed chief of Valad Property Group after it was taken over by Blackstone.
China's house prices cool a bit
8:29AM Esther Fung NEW home prices rose in fewer Chinese cities in August, indicating Beijing's tightening efforts are showing modest results.
Quiet achiever in eye of the storm
Damon Kitney QUESTIONS are being asked about the Mirvac boss's patient leadership style.
Tunnel vision
John Lethlean THE scientist who made a disused railway line the hub of an exotic new industry.
Scarcity of good stock fires up market
Majella Corrigan PUNDITS in Melbourne say there has been a spike of activity for top-end homes.
Politicians add pain to home buyers
HOTSPOTTING: Terry Ryder CONFIDENCE is sagging in Australia at a time of economic prosperity because of the standard of political and corporate leadership.
Are more LPT takeovers in the wind?
THE PANEL: Ask the Experts Do you expect more takeovers in the listed property trust sector? Who are the likely predators and what sectors are most attractive?
Brisbane's west lures investors
Louis White COMMERCIAL activity is on the rise in Queensland, creating thousands of jobs.
Opinion
John Durie
'The NSW dairy company Bega Cheese will buy the rest of the Victorian co-op Tatura Milk'
BEGA Cheese is set to expand, buying out the last of the farmers in Victorian Co-op Tatura Milk for about $35 million in scrip.
Andrew Main
'There were glimmers of hope on US debt and the Greek crisis, and then the Hang Seng fell 4.4 per cent'
WE had mostly put the US debt crisis behind us, been hoping for a Greek bailout, and then the Hang Seng fell 4.4 per cent.
Matthew Stevens
If you thought the tension between Patrick and the Maritime Union had ended, join the club'
IF you thought 12 months of tension between Patrick and the Maritime Union had ended in August, join the club.
Nabila Ahmed
'What investors will pay and how strategic investors value assets has been laid bare over Aston Resources'
WHAT equity market investors will pay and how strategic investors value assets has been laid bare again.
Henry Thornton
`Despite many strains, the overall economy is still robust'
DESPITE many strains, the overall economy is still robust and the central bank is likely to hold the interest rates steady.
Rick Wallace
'Japan's main economic survey has indicatated rising in confidence among major employers'
AMID the tide of dismal economic news, Japan's main economic survey has revealed a rise in confidence among employers.
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OPINION
Personal space invaders
I HAVE a problem with lifts. They need to be designed to take into account modern concepts of etiquette.
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Commercial Property Top Gainers & Losers
| Company Name | Price | Change | %Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phileo Aust | 2.17 | +0.17 | UP | +8.5% |
| Mirvac Industrial | 0.08 | +0.00 | UP | +5.26% |
| Trinity Group | 0.20 | +0.00 | UP | +2.56% |
| Real Estate Capital Partners... | 0.62 | +0.01 | UP | +1.63% |
| Cedar Woods Properties ... | 3.75 | +0.05 | UP | +1.35% |
| Goodman Group | 0.52 | -0.05 | DOWN | -8.7% |
| Charter Hall Retail ... | 3.00 | -0.13 | DOWN | -4.16% |
| ING Real Estate Community... | 0.12 | -0.01 | DOWN | -3.85% |
| Thakral Holdings Group ... | 0.50 | -0.02 | DOWN | -3.85% |
| Aspen Group | 0.38 | -0.02 | DOWN | -3.8% |
'Tsunami' to hit Aust real estate
A US forecaster says Aussie real estate will fall as an 'economic tsunami' looks set to hit world markets.
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