You can own a 10th floor office Suite for just $235,000.
If you are looking in the $200,000 to $250,00 price range, and want to move away from residential apartments … this could be what your are after.
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See How Easily You Can Own a City Investment
3 October, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Household Debt may actually be “Healthy”!
11 September, 2007 by Leave a Comment
In an “earlier posting”:https://commercialpropertymadeeasy.com/2007/06/26/family-finances-are-being-stretched/, I raised concern over the dramatic increase in household debt — to the point where it now sits at over 150% of household disposable incomes.
As you can appreciate, the major concern has been as to how rising home-mortgage interest rates might cause a flow-on effect for Commercial investors. And this is because a fall in residential prices could adversely impact upon the security for any line-of-credit you may have against your home.
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Keeping your Eye on Building Costs
4 September, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Every six months, you’ll find Rider Levett Bucknall publish their “Oceania Construction Cost Commentary”. In this posting, you’ll find an extract from their July 2007 publication — which covers both the Australian and New Zealand markets.
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Retail Property Activity Continues
24 August, 2007 by Leave a Comment
As the government spending and tax cuts add to consumer demand, you’ll see the Australian economy continue to grow strongly.
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When Your Tenants Leave …
27 July, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Depending upon what your Lease specifies upon termination, the cost to “make good” the property can vary dramatically. Furthermore, the tenancy fit-out (and original condition) of the property can also impact on that cost.
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Site Contamination Needs to be Addressed
25 July, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Whenever you acquire a Commercial property, you would normally investigate this as part of your Due Diligence — depending upon the current use made of the property.
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Here’s another Investment Opportunity
24 May, 2007 by
The earlier fringe-city Investment Property has been snapped up.
However, our Sales team at GrayJohnson have just listed a compact CBD Office Investment. And I’ve asked if my clients could have “first look” at it — before embarking on any formal advertising campaign.
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The Retail Dilemma
21 May, 2007 by Leave a Comment
You would have been reading the reports lately about improved consumer sentiment; and retail sales certainly do seem to be on the improve.
But as you look around Australia; there has also been an incredible amount of new retail space come onto the market.
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Interested in a City-Fringe Investment?
29 April, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Late last week, I was given advance notice of a soon-to-be-finalised tenancy, on a 4-year lease — for a brand-new commercial building.
You’re looking at $644,000 as an asking price. However, I’m sure we can do a bit better than that.
So, if you think this would fit within your portfolio … “let me know”:mailto:[email protected], and I can then provide you with some more details.
Feedback on the Office of the Future
27 April, 2007 by Leave a Comment
When I made mention of the revolving building planned for Dubai, a couple of people came back to me with some fascinating material.
If you’re interested you can “take a look”:https://commercialpropertymadeeasy.com/assets/2007/4/24/DubaiProjects.pps at what’s really going on over there.
Australia’s Skills Shortage — Relief in Sight
6 February, 2007 by Leave a Comment
You would have seen a fair amount of publicity about there being a looming skills shortage. And with the Construction industry, it still remains a dominant concern.
However, a recent survey conducted by Davis Langdon suggests there is a “glimmer of hope, with varying degrees of easing recorded across all trades.”
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