AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY INSTITUTE
Incentives crucial for residential property market
THE federal and state governments needs to maintain incentives for home buyers to prop up the residential property market, according to the respondents to the 30th API Australian Property Directions Survey. ... Full story
Property taxes shoulder Vic budget
THE Victorian government is becoming addicted to property taxes, which will raise over $6 billion in forward estimates for the 2013-14 Victorian State Budget. ... Full story
Industry really needed this rate cut
THE latest interest rate cut to the historical low levels of 2.75% will have an enormous impact on both the property market and retail trade. ... Full story
Global heads plug universal property valuation system
A COALITION of global bodies will meet the World Bank to come up with a universal method of valuing real estate across the globe that will bridge language barriers. So the system of assessing property values in Australia will be no different to Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East or North and South Americas. ... Full story
API Golf Day - the next Adam Scott?
FOR those wannabe Adam Scott's the chance to prove your golfing prowess beckons at the API Golf Day on May 10 at the time honoured Southern Golf Club. ... Full story
Green shoots emerge for Victorian housing
GREEN shoots are emerging in Victoria’s real estate market as it embarks on a tempered but sustained upswing, according to the Australian Property Institute Victorian division. ... Full story
API Victoria re-elects president
THE Australian Property Institute Victorian division has re-elected Justine Jacono as state president. ... Full story
Time for tenants to renegotiate leases
THE time is right for Melbourne CBD office tenants to negotiate lease renewals because conditions are in their favour, according to Ernst & Young partner Richard Bowman, who was speaking at the annual Australian Property Institute/REIV State of the Market. ... Full story
Foreign developers take over apartment turf
THE banks strict lending criteria and difficulties in accessing finance for local developers, has seen offshore developers takeover the Melbourne apartments market, according a residential property expert speaking at the Australian Property Institute/REIV State of the Market. ... Full story
Melbourne apartment demand subdued
OPINION: THE Melbourne Apartment market has reflected the decline in the overall residential market which peaked in November, 2010 and has been subdued for the last two years. ... Full story
Valuers will not sell their integrity, says API
VALUERS remain committed upholding the integrity of the Australian valuation system and not manipulation of values, according to Australian Property Institute (API) spokesman and director of Charter Keck Cramer, Brad Papworth. ... Full story
API NSW Excellence in Property Awards
THE Local Government Super has won the coveted environmental honours at the Australian Property Institute (NSW) Excellence in Property Awards for 2012. ... Full story
Transparency will deliver big wins
COUNTRIES in the Asia Pacific region must grab hold of opportunities and overcome several challenges to fully realise the promises of the “Asian Century”, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s head of research David Rees. ... Full story
Asian investors the sleeping dragon
AUSTRALIA'S real estate market is poised to benefit from the pending regional economic boom that will come to define the “Asian Century”, according Jones Lang LaSalle’s head of research David Rees. ... Full story
Cashed up and ready to spend
AUSTRALIAN REITS are in a quandary, they are sitting on a mountain of money and are ready to go on a spending spree. However the tightly held property markets are not providing enough opportunities locally, according to a CEO discussion forum at the Australian Property Institute's Pan Pacific Congress. ... Full story
Cromwell goes on big shopping spree
CROMWELL Property Group might consider a capital raising in the...
AGL warms up to 699 Bourke
GAS and energy provider AGL has signed the lease to...
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