Archives for March 2012

Commercial Property Negotiating: The Framework for a Great Deal (Part 3)

You need to keep asking Questions, right until the end.OVER THE past couple of weeks, you’ve quietly worked your way through the first 14 questions … as part of your prep-work for each Negotiation.

And today, you’ll be covering the final 6 key questions — to help ensure your success. [Read more…]

Commercial Property and The Current Economy

These are Better Indicators of our Economic Well-beingLAST WEEK, we explored just how the misuse of statistics by some commentators was distorting of the truth about Australia’s economic well-being, on a state-by-state basis.

So it is with several other indicators, as David Bassanese pointed out in a recent article (AFR: 22 March, page 36).

Many commentators are pushing for interest rates reductions, because the “economy is soft”. And they list … [Read more…]

Commercial Property Negotiating: The Framework for a Great Deal (Part 2)

More questions you need to ask along the wayLAST WEEK, we made a good start by scoping the first 8 questions you need to keep asking yourself … as part of your prep work for each Negotiation.

So let’s pick up from where we left off — here your next 6 questions. And you’ll recall that before (and during) your negotiations, you need to be asking: ARE YOU … [Read more…]

Is The Mining Boom Masking a Major Problem for Commercial Property in Queensland and WA?

Queensland & WA will have the greatest amount of Distressed PropertyTHIS RATHER pressing issue appears to be receiving little or no coverage at all.

But if you listen to the insolvency firms, Western Australia is about to become the “hot spot” for distressed property.

And as you can see from the chart, Queensland well and truly holds the the crown at the moment. [Read more…]

Commercial Property Negotiating: The Framework for a Great Deal

Asking these Key Questions will help you succeed as a Negotiator.EVERY NEGOTIATION can be very easily broken down into its component parts … once you understand what is really going on.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posing 20 questions — which (when taken together) are intended to help you fully grasp everything involved. [Read more…]

Commercial Property: The Suburban Office Market

The Suburban Office market is currently your best choiceRIGHT NOW, the Sydney suburban market is trending sideways. And that’s rather good news, because the general consensus was it was about to slump.

While its vacancy rate sits at 9.6%, there is little new space coming onto the market over the next couple of years. [Read more…]

Commercial Property: When Time Comes to Sell (Part 2)

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Last week, you explored the various Selling methods available to you — which ones were the preferred, and why.

Plus, you were also given some initial insight into the benefits of using Web (or “Stealth”) Marketing techniques. But how does this differ from traditional marketing for Commercial property? [Read more…]

Commercial Property Snapshot: Retail Within The Melbourne CBD

LAST TUESDAY, you gained some insights into the changing Retail scene, for Commercial property around Australia.

According to some recent research by JLL & CBRE (BusinessDay: 29 Feb 2012), these trends are clearly starting to emerge within the Melbourne CBD.

The current vacancy rate is hovering at around 1%. And in part, this is due to the Growing number of people living and working within central Melbourne.

However, part of the reason behind this also lies in the recent entry into the market of several major overseas retailers. [Read more…]

Commercial Property: When the Time Comes to Sell … (Part 1)

WHAT YOU need is a strategy to make absolutely sure you obtain the best possible price when you sell.

You need to put your Buyers under CompetitionAnd you do this by creatively targeting investors, developers and potential owner-occupiers — through adopting a broad (yet cost-effective) marketing campaign, which draws out those buyers best suited to your property.

Choosing The Best Method of Sale

The #1 secret for successfully selling any property is to promote the feeling among your prospective buyers that “they could miss out”.

However, this is difficult to achieve with a straight, Private Sale. In fact, this method generally takes far longer to achieve a result — as it fails to create any sense of urgency in a buyer’s mind. [Read more…]