Home loans demand 'kicked back again': NAB

Narayanan Somasundaram   Home loan volumes have recovered after the big banks jacked up rates, NAB's finance chief says.

Market Wrap: Syndicate snaps up Charter Hall industrial assets

An interstate investment syndicate has paid circa $6.5 million for a small Charter Hall leasehold industrial portfolio on Melbourne Airport's fringe.

Decontamination work starts on languishing Maribyrnong defence site

Clay Lucas   The decontamination of a massive inner-city site dormant for more than a decade has begun, but owner the Defence Department isn't answering questions on its long-term plan for the land.

Goodman's $1.7b sales pipeline

Carolyn Cummins   Goodman Group has $1.7 billion worth of conditional sales from its urban development pipeline with the cash being used to conquer more overseas markets.

Retail shakeup: you ain't seen nothing yet

Carolyn Cummins   The march of the international retailers into Australia has been a characteristic of the sector for a while, but that's nothing to what is slated to arrive in the coming years, according to agents.

Developers eye $100m Marsden Park sale

Carolyn Cummins   Developers Stockland and Mirvac are tipped to join a long line of buyers for the $100 million-plus Clydesdale estate in Marsden Park, which is said to be one of the largest residential subdivisions to be offered to the market in Sydney this year.

Flinders Lane stripped back to roots

Nicole Lindsay   Flinders Lane's rag-trade roots are starting to show, with tenants demanding more creative fitouts in the strip's offices.

Grocon open to hotel business for Darling Harbour site

Carolyn Cummins   Grocon intends to submit a DA for a hotel option at the Imax site at Darling Harbour.

Sharing economy moves into car parking, property

Simon Johanson   Looking for a car park? Searching for a short-term rental space? These apps offer solutions.

Tenants poised to surf wave of money

Nicole Lindsay    

Housing boom boosts household goods sales

Carolyn Cummins   The booming housing market has provided the same hot market conditions for retailers with sales of household goods from new televisions to sofas blitzing the competition.

East West Link dead end means buyers can tunnel into unwanted homes

Simon Johanson   At least 113 homes, an apartment block and 18 commercial properties will be sold over the next two years, providing a $250 million boost to government coffers after the axing of the East West Link.

Ausin sales show Chinese still home in on apartments in state capitals

Simon Johanson   The privately held Ausin Group, which was founded by Joseph Zaja five years ago, is on track to sell 3000 properties to Chinese buyers this year.

Lend Lease looks offshore for expansion

Carolyn Cummins   Developer and funds manager Lend Lease will expand overseas for new growth opportunities, according to the group's executives.

Mirvac and Centuria win $1b ATP race

Carolyn Cummins   A Mirvac-led consortium and Centuria Property have emerged the victors for the $263 million Australian Technology Park, which will be the new home for the Commonwealth Bank.

Pubs are in hot demand

Carolyn Cummins   Another round of pub sales will tip the number well over the $250 million mark in a year that has seen traditional operators return to the sector.

It's not Waterloo for Waterloo

Carolyn Cummins   In a turnaround trend, an owner occupier has beaten off the developers to buy a mixed-use property in the Sydney suburb of Waterloo for $12 million.

Takeover activity heats up for REITs

Carolyn Cummins   The battle for control of the unlisted $190 million Aspen Parks Property Fund has entered its next phase.

Chinese developer pays ISPT $30m for Cranbourne South farm

Marc Pallisco    Another Chinese developer is buying a farm on Melbourne's outskirts paying some $30 million – or 20 per cent over price expectations – for a shovel-ready project in Cranbourne South.

Alberts rocks Surry Hills

Carolyn Cummins   It will be rocking in Surry Hills, with Alberts – an Australian music rights management company with clients including AC/DC, The Easybeats and The Angels – taking up a lease at Level 4, 68-78 Wentworth Avenue, for the 600-square-metre site.

ARUP engineers new office in Orica House

Stephen Crafti   Orica House at 1 Albert Street, East Melbourne was the first free-standing fully glazed curtain wall commercial skyscrapers in Australia but some of the interior has been completely reworked.

API clock ticks on growth but house prices still on rise

Carolyn Cummins   The housing boom still has some legs left with prices tipped to continue on an upwards trajectory for at least another six months, according to the latest Australian Property Institute survey.

Office markets heading into a sunny future

Carolyn Cummins   Office markets along the eastern seaboard are entering a new phase with legitimate rental growth, falling vacancies and high-quality investment-grade properties, according to landlords.

Leasing ladder

Carolyn Cummins   Sydney commercial property leasing news.

The case for urban housing

Kevin Driver   During the past decade a paradigm shift towards new medium- and high-density housing has occurred in Sydney.

Sunland fights $9m claim by jailed Australian

Rick Feneley   The developer has launched a court bid to strike out a $9 million damages suit by accountant Marcus Lee, who blames it for his imprisonment.

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Mirvac and Centuria front runners for ATP

Carolyn Cummins   The winning bidders for the $200 million Australian Technology Park are understood to be Centuria and Mirvac, with some of the properties going into a newly-created fund.