Australia

How Australia’s robust housing demand impacts banks and developers

Weakening housing affordability and falling net migration pose medium-term risks.

These two APAC markets saw the highest surge in commercial property investments in Q1

Investments jumped 68% and 280% in Australia and Singapore, respectively.

Here’s why Melbourne’s office market will see more activity in Q2

Colliers expects increased market activity across assets higher up the risk curve. 

Sydney office yields to compress to 4.25%-4.75% by end-2022

The Sydney CBD prime equivalent yield range currently sits between 4.38% and 5%. 

Demand for ‘edge’ data centres rises amidst pandemic

27 edge data centres will be built across Australia within the next two years.

Perth office market bucks global decentralisation trend

The CBD continues to see tenants centralising from suburban markets.

Why Brisbane office landlords must lure tenants from education, healthcare

The healthcare and education industries have only contributed to 2.5% and 5.0% of leasing demand, respectively. 

Australians struggling to pay their mortgages as housing affordability deteriorates

The deterioration was evident in all capital cities over the five months to February 2021.

Hong Kong office capital values to drop by up to 15% this year

Blame it on the weak outlook amid market uncertainties.

This is the most resilient asset class in the Australian property market

Global capital investment volume to this asset class slipped by only 7% in 2020.

Prime yields in Melbourne's industrial sector hit record low of 4.56%

The average prime yield midpoint in Melbourne compressed by 25 bps in 4Q20.

2 factors that helped Canberra defy the national housing downturn in 2020

Canberra owes its long-term resilience to these 2 factors.