Original article by Anna Anderson
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 6 : 8-Jan-15
A five-bedroom house has set a new record sale price for the beachside suburb of Coogee in New South Wales. The house, which features a swimming pool, cabana, five bathrooms and a temperature-controlled wine cellar was sold by lawyer Danny Simmons for $A9m. The median house price in Coogeee was $A1.85m in 2014
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Original article by Kate Emery
The West Australian – Page: 7 : 5-Jan-15
Data from Western Australia’s Department of Planning shows that there has been a sharp rise in the number of housing lots in Perth that are less than 500sq m. The median size of housing lots in Perth and the Peel Region was 564sq m in 2004, but this fell to just 410sq m in 2014. Joe Lenzo of the Property Council notes that house sizes have generally not changed, despite the trend toward smaller residential lots
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Original article by Rose Powell
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 8 : 5-Jan-15
Real estate investment groups HBW1 and Centennial Property in mid-2014 acquired residential assets from the New South Wales Government. One of the tenants now facing eviction, John Higgins, and his legal representatives from the Inner West Tenants’ Advice & Advocacy Service dispute a claim by the Lands Legal firm that the client ceased to be a protected tenant when the property was sold in 1989 to the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. Higgins maintains that his father signed the original lease in 1948 and that it is still in force. The Civil & Administrative Tribunal will hear the matter in early January 2015
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Original article by Lisa Allen
The Australian – Page: 18 : 19-Dec-14
Australian-listed Mantra Group has indicated that it will focus on management agreements for hotels in Bali rather than franchise arrangements. The group manages the 49-villa Peppers Sentosa Seminyak resort in Bali, and recently dropped plans to operate hotels that have just been built at Nusa Dua and Legian. However, Mantra will open a new hotel in southern Bali in December 2015
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Original article by Luke Malpass
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 19-Dec-14
Corelogic RP Data has reported that sales of houses in the Sydney suburb of Mosman have topped $A1.1bn in calendar 2014, compared with almost $A8.1m in 2013. Tim Foote of Belle Property notes that Australian house buyers have dominated sales activity in the last year, whereas Chinese buyers accounted for many of the sales in Mosman during 2013. The Melbourne suburb of Brighton is ranked second in terms of the value of house sales, with $A797m worth of homes changing hands
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Original article by Eli Greenblat
The Australian – Page: 19 : 18-Dec-14
The landlord of a retail outlet in New York for collapsed Australian fast food chain Pie Face has launched a Supreme Court case to recover $US620,000 ($A760,000), after the company allegedly caused structural damage to the building. This is the third law suit against Pie Face in New York, with another property owner also seeking $US50,000 in outstanding rent charges and a building firm demanding to be paid close to $US120,000 for work at one of the stores
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Original article by Luke Malpass
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 17-Dec-14
New figures show that some $A54m worth of residential property has been sold on Hamilton Island in the last year, with turnover of properties reaching its highest level since 2007. Wayne Singleton of Hamilton Island Real Estate attributes the renewed interest to factors such as the falling value of the Australian dollar, low interest rates, the introduction of direct flights and improved infrastructure on the island
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Original article by Jonathan Shapiro
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 16 : 11-Dec-14
Martin Whetton of the ANZ Bank says the decision to implement measures aimed at curbing growth in loans for investment properties could lead a reduction in the cash rate. The bond market had anticipated such action by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, with the 10-year bond rate falling below three per cent and the three-year bond rate easing to 2.27 per cent
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Original article by Ben Wilmot
The Australian – Page: 21 : 8-Dec-14
Stockholders in smaller industrial real estate investment trust (REIT) vehicles in Australia are calling on their managers to seek consolidation deals, in order to better compete with major rivals such as Goodman Group, Dexus Property Group and Stockland. In response, 360 Capital Group has bought a holding of 7.7% in competitor Australian Industrial REIT. The portfolio of assets owned by the target is worth $A308m, while the 360 Capital Industrial Fund has properties valued at $A501m
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Original article by Sarah Danckert
The Australian – Page: 21 : 3-Dec-14
Federal Court of Australia judge Bernard Murphy has handed down the penalties for the board members of the failed Prime Retirement & Aged Care Property Trust, following a successful civil case by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission. The breaches of the Corporations Act have resulted in bans from acting as a company director of two years and three months for chair Michael Wooldridge, 15 years for Bill Lewski, and four years each for Kim Jaques and Mark Butler. Fines of between $A20,000 and $A230,000 per individual have also been imposed
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