Retail — Where to from Here?

15 February, 2008 by Leave a Comment

The Prime Minister’s “freezing” of parliamentary salaries is a clear endorsement of RBA Governor Stevens’ warning to curb our spending.

Last week, I mentioned the impact this could have on retail turnover — with a flow-on effect for growth in rental and sale prices for the Retail sector.
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The Effect of the Rate Rise?

6 February, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday’s interest rate increase by The Reserve Bank carries with it some hardship for the outer residential suburbs around Australia.

p=. CPI Figures

Curbing inflation is clearly the RBA’s main aim. And from their additional comments yesterday, we now have confirmation that Australia is effectively seen as being shielded from the turmoil in the US.
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I Did Warn You About this …

25 January, 2008 by Leave a Comment

You probably saw that the “Full House” notice went up yesterday for the Property Workshop.

But there is provision for you to go onto a Wait List, if you missed out on reserving your seat — because, invariably a few people will drop out between now and March.

PLUS, if you do put yourself on the Wait List BEFORE the end of January … I will still honour the early-bird rate of $797 for a seat.

However, if you wait-list yourself AFTER 30 January … then unfortunately, it will have to be at the full rate of $1,100.

So, make sure you don’t miss out for a second time.

Filed Under: Economic Issues, Industrial Sector, Investment Objectives, Offices, Property Cycles, Property Yields, Retail Sector, Workshops, Your Exposure

Only Your 3rd Day Back?

16 January, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Well, here’s some good news on the next Property Workshop!

Following a barrage of emails from those of you who took off the week before Christmas … you will see that the early-bird registration has been extended until the end of January.

However, I suspect the “Full House” sign will be going up before then. Therefore, if you haven’t already reserved your seat … make your decision now — rather than miss out.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Chris

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Property Workshop … Early-bird rate soon to Expire

13 December, 2007 by Leave a Comment

I was just checking through the enrolments for the Workshop so far … and it seems that the interstate people are currently outnumbering those from Melbourne … by about 3:1

Last time, local and interstate enrolments were more or less balanced … so let’s try and even that up.

Make sure you enrol now, to secure your pre-Christmas discount.

What you’ll learn at the Workshop …
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This time — Don’t Miss Out on
The Annual Property Workshop!

3 December, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Details are now up for you to read and enrol.

If you do come along … I promise it will completely transform the way you invest in Commercial property.

Last time … sadly, I had to turn a number of people away. However, those who did manage to secure a seat were truly stunned by some of the bold new ideas we covered — as part of the breakthrough 9-Step Formula.

Key issues like …

* Structuring your Finance to “beat the Bank”, and …
* Negotiating & Marketing techniques to make sure you leave NOTHING on the table!

To capture these same insights and enhance your own investment success … why not find out more about this Property Workshop?

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Project Workshop 2008 … Update

27 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Last week, I confirmed that the next Workshop will be held on Saturday 1 March 2008.

Because people had to be politely turned away from the last Workshop, I gave the opportunity to pre-reserve a seat … for those not wanting to miss out on this one.

Anyway, I was rather surprised how strong the pre-reservation has been.

And this Friday, it will be ONLY these people who will be given first chance to enrol — before the official posting of the Workshop registration page goes up next Monday.

So, if you would like the opportunity to “jump the queue”, you can still do so now. Because, with only 27 seats available (and some 4,019 on my Membership list), it may well end up being a locked-door Workshop.

Filed Under: Economic Issues, Investment Objectives, Offices, Property Cycles, Retail Sector, Syndication, Using Debt, Workshops

How to Live with a Labor Government!

26 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Will things really change all that much, now that Australia has wall-to-wall Labor governments across the country?

You’d better believe it!
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Property Workshop 2008?

20 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

All year, people have been pestering me to know when it will be. Well, the date has now been set for Saturday 1 March.

Again, it will be held within the Melbourne CBD — to make it easy for those flying in from interstate and overseas.

The last full-day Workshop turned out to be far too crowded. So, this one will be limited to only 27 people!

And, therefore, it will be on a first-come-first-served basis!
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Retail Construction Continues

24 October, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Australia wide, the level of Retail construction was up by some 17% for the 12-month period to June 2007.

In the main, this involved extensions to existing suburban Shopping Centres; plus some new construction in many of the growth corridors.
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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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