The property market in Australia has been extremely hot
for a very long time, but that doesn't mean a cool change is on
the way.
If you go by the headlines in the press every couple of months,
Australia is looking at a fall in property prices on the
residential side of things, due mainly to tightening by the Chinese
authorities on Chinese individuals taking funds out of China.
Are these residential market 'fears' also being
expressed on the commercial side? Not really. The tightening by
Chinese authorities had a short-lived impact on the residential
market, but it is not really going to dampen the enthusiasm for
Australian real estate by foreign investors.
Overseas investors acquired AUD $26.6bn of Australian commercial
property on a net basis over the last 10 years, according to a JLL
report. While we have seen a drop in transaction volumes from the
heights of 2016, there is still significant inflows of capital. The
biggest challenge for investors is to find the
