Property investment news, analysis and commentary from Property Observer http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/south-australia/ Thu, 23 May 2013 08:39:54 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/schools/the-schools-that-ate-sydney-no-stopping-prestige-school-expansion-as-they-buy-up-the-neighbourhoods http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/schools/the-schools-that-ate-sydney-no-stopping-prestige-school-expansion-as-they-buy-up-the-neighbourhoods South Australia Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:46 +0000 They effectively acknowledged they'd been waiting five decades. And finally Cranbrook School got the adjoining Bellevue Hill property. Albeit at a considerable cost - $15,501,000... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/commercial/consumer-confidence-funding-and-lack-of-development-sites-the-biggest-challenges-for-commercial-property-businesses-nab-index-nab-consumerconfidence/2013052261596 http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/commercial/consumer-confidence-funding-and-lack-of-development-sites-the-biggest-challenges-for-commercial-property-businesses-nab-index-nab-consumerconfidence/2013052261596 South Australia Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:35 +0000 Consumer confidence, raising financing and a lack of suitable development sites remains the biggest challenge facing the commercial property sector, according to the NAB March commercial property... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/trends/australians-should-still-be-encouraged-to-contribute-more-towards-their-super-ken-raiss-chanandnaylor-superannuation/2013052261440 http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/trends/australians-should-still-be-encouraged-to-contribute-more-towards-their-super-ken-raiss-chanandnaylor-superannuation/2013052261440 South Australia Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Should Tony Abbott’s party come to power in September then it needs to begin day one with an extensive review of the national ledger and a clear position on how it will encourage Australians to... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/design/darling-quarter-project-claims-pca-development-of-the-year-title-propertycouncil-commbank http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/design/darling-quarter-project-claims-pca-development-of-the-year-title-propertycouncil-commbank South Australia Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Lend Lease’s Darling Quarter and Commonwealth Bank Place development in Sydney took out four awards on its way to claiming the top gong at the 2013 Property Council of Australia/Rider Levett... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/news/why-yield-investors-are-returning-to-australian-residential-property-markets-cameron-kusher-rpdata-landlords/2013052261589 http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/news/why-yield-investors-are-returning-to-australian-residential-property-markets-cameron-kusher-rpdata-landlords/2013052261589 South Australia Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Weekly rents have increased by 3.5% over the past year while value growth has been moderate and there has been virtually no change to yields yet investor activity in the housing market is ramping... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/commercial/westfields-frank-lowy-rises-above-ivan-glasenberg-as-second-richest-australian-with-meritons-harry-triguboff-up-to-sixth-richest-on-2013-brw-rich-list-brwrich200-rich200/2013052261586 http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/commercial/westfields-frank-lowy-rises-above-ivan-glasenberg-as-second-richest-australian-with-meritons-harry-triguboff-up-to-sixth-richest-on-2013-brw-rich-list-brwrich200-rich200/2013052261586 South Australia Tue, 21 May 2013 18:52:31 +0000 Westfield co-founder and chairman Frank Lowy has risen above mining boss Ivan Glasenburg to be Australia’s second richest Australian with a $6.87 billion fortune, according to the 2013 BRW Rich... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/commercial/perth-and-melbourne-office-markets-have-the-brightest-prospects-as-commercial-property-sentiment-lifts-nab-index-nab/2013052261577 http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/commercial/perth-and-melbourne-office-markets-have-the-brightest-prospects-as-commercial-property-sentiment-lifts-nab-index-nab/2013052261577 South Australia Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:42 +0000 The Melbourne and Perth office markets are forecast to deliver the strongest returns to commercial property landlords over the next two years with both capital values and rents rising, according to... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/trends/budget-woes-sees-consumer-sentiment-fall-to-lowest-since-august-2012-but-housing-sentiment-lifts-westpac-index-westpac-consumersentiment/2013052261575 http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/trends/budget-woes-sees-consumer-sentiment-fall-to-lowest-since-august-2012-but-housing-sentiment-lifts-westpac-index-westpac-consumersentiment/2013052261575 South Australia Tue, 21 May 2013 15:15:36 +0000 Consumer sentiment fell “sharply” and against expectations in the week following the RBA’s decision to cut the cash rate to a 53-year-low of 2.75% with budget concerns the primary reason for... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/residential/do-your-research-before-buying-a-property-within-a-residential-owners-corporation-mark-armstrong/2013052161536 http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/residential/do-your-research-before-buying-a-property-within-a-residential-owners-corporation-mark-armstrong/2013052161536 South Australia Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Property prices are on the move in the inner suburbs and as a result more and more buyers are going to find themselves priced out of the house market. Instead, they will turn to townhouses and... http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/appointments/in-profile-colliers-international-s-director-of-special-projects-darrell-irwin-colliersintaust http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/appointments/in-profile-colliers-international-s-director-of-special-projects-darrell-irwin-colliersintaust South Australia Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Colliers International’s Darrell Irwin says the market he specialises in has seen an improvement in activity due to low interest rates. Agent: Darrell Irwin Position: Director, Special Projects -...