Property

The economic impact of the resources boom

We may have been caught in the world financial market contagion arising from European and US sovereign debt difficulties combined with the prospect ... [more]

When shares are getting you down, think about bricks and mortar

Greville Pabst says the recent sharemarket ructions have investors questioning their investment strategies and revisiting the need to include property in a diversified ... [more]

Residential recovery could be defeated by rising interest rates

Frank Gelber says an expected upswing in the residential property market may not be as long, or as strong, as first thought.  [more]

The five hallmarks of a sound commercial property investment

With continuing volatility across equities and uncertainty surrounding the values of residential property in particular, it may surprise some to know that there ... [more]

Investors will come back to commercial property. But not yet.

Superannuation funds will come back to direct commercial property investment…eventually As will the rest of the investment community I view commercial, and in ... [more]

Property – it’s all the same. Isn’t it?

We in the property advice business experience exactly the same tribulation Of course, the first distinction to be drawn is that between commercial ... [more]

Global financial crisis? What global financial crisis?

Financial markets are undervalued and it's time to look forward. The global financial crisis (GFC) is over - past history, for Australia at ... [more]

Making property fit the portfolio puzzle

Residential property is a lumpy asset class, and not one that always fits comfortably into the portfolio construction process Greville Pabst looks at ... [more]

Countdown to lift-off

Strong returns from commercial property are coming. Frank Gelber says now is the time to lay the foundations. I’m not looking for anything ... [more]

Winners and losers in this economic rebound

Australia is well into recovery mode. But there are mixed blessings within different parts of the economy. Frank Gelber explains. In the GFC-induced ... [more]