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Chinese tariffs put pause on vineyard expansion
While boutique vineyards and those in premium locations are still sought-after, most growers are holding back on expansion due to the China tariffs.
- 18 mins ago
- Larry Schlesinger
The heavens open for a record $66b in farm production
Following three years of decline, the rebound from drought is forecast to boost the value of production by around 8 per cent, a turnaround the national forecast ABARES describes as exceptional.
- 21 mins ago
- Nick Lenaghan
Wine companies face biggest battle after China hit
Barley growers are doing a solid job diversifying away from China but it’s a tougher ask for wineries with $1.3b vanishing.
- 21 mins ago
- Simon Evans
Big money goes nuts for almond orchards and other farmland assets
From cattle stations to almond orchards and timber plantations, institutional capital is ready to invest.
- 22 mins ago
- Larry Schlesinger
Why investors are beating a path to the agricultural sector
A record in agricultural production is forecast for this year, just shy of $66 billion. It’s a combination of bumper harvests and, even more so, strong prices.
- 22 mins ago
- Nick Lenaghan
The ebbs and flows of the water market explained
Water is a big, complex market in Australia and, like in other sectors, the price responds to the imperatives of supply and demand.
- 24 mins ago
- Robert Harley
How it Sold
Toorak buyer offers $13m sight unseen for corner block
It took just five days to sell an off-market property in a top-end market where the wealthy are wealthier than ever – and don’t want to miss out.
- Michael Bleby
‘The minute we pushed up the guide, everyone went nuts’
The competition for a renovated Sydney semi was so great that rival buyers sat out the offer deadline in the agent’s office.
- Michael Bleby
Luxury Property
All cashed up with nowhere to go, wealthy buyers target rural trophies
Across the country, the pandemic has prompted a run on trophy homes and properties in regional areas by well-heeled city dwellers.
- 22 mins ago
- Michael Bleby
Rich Lister buys home for $9.9m in frantic Zoom auction
Melbourne may have been in lockdown, but even that didn’t deter spirited bidding around the country – with demand for Sydney’s top suburbs strongest.
- Martin Kelly
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All cashed up with nowhere to go, wealthy buyers target rural trophies
Across the country, the pandemic has prompted a run on trophy homes and properties in regional areas by well-heeled city dwellers.
- 22 mins ago
- Michael Bleby
Agtech offers new answers to the old problem of cattle rustling
The problem with farm theft is that it is too easy to commit. New technology aims to raise the cost of risking it for would-be thieves.
- 25 mins ago
- Michael Bleby
House rents grow through pandemic while apartment returns collapse
Houses have been the best performers for investors with rent rises in all markets except Melbourne through COVID-19 while unit rents have fallen in key cities.
- 1 hr ago
- Martin Kelly
Industrial landlords, property investors face land tax hike in NSW
The red hot industrial and residential property markets will come at a cost for owners in NSW as increased official land values will trigger land tax rises.
- Martin Kelly
Tenant portal Equiem gets Lincoln Property Company investment
The large US office owner and manager sees the Australia-founded tenant portal as a key part of its return-to-office push.
- Michael Bleby
Rich Lister buys home for $9.9m in frantic Zoom auction
Melbourne may have been in lockdown, but even that didn’t deter spirited bidding around the country – with demand for Sydney’s top suburbs strongest.
- Martin Kelly
Olympics could be ‘show window’ for Tokyo’s booming real estate
The country’s vaccine rollout is now picking up momentum, giving hope to those who want to see the publicly unpopular Games go forward.
- Shoko Oda
Tiverton to reap rewards of regeneration at Picardy
Acquired for $27 million four years ago, the 10,000-hectare Queensland run could fetch as much as $60 million after its conversion to cropping under Tiverton’s strategy.
- Nick Lenaghan
The $13b bright spot in the battered world of office real estate
Unlike workers in conventional offices, many scientists do not work remotely, and funding for medical innovations is driving the need for more space in life sciences.
- John Gittelsohn
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This Month
AFR Agribusiness magazine | Winter 2021
New magazine is out on June 7 inside The Australian Financial Review.
- Updated
First look inside the Badgerys Creek airport terminal
Brookfield-owned Multiplex has won the plum job of building a passenger terminal at the new Western Sydney International Airport.
- Nick Lenaghan
A seller’s market with few sellers
Soaring house prices should be more than enough to entice vendors to sell, but oddly, it seems to only make them hold off for longer.
- Nila Sweeney
Investors extend loan lead over first home buyers
Investment borrowing levels are not back to the highs that last prompted macroprudential action, but economists say regulators are watching closely.
- Michael Bleby
Former UBS banker buys $9m house next door for Sydney compound
David Di Pilla, who is chairman of ASX-listed property investment group Home Consortium, has purchased his neighbour’s property in Bellevue Hill.
- Lucy Macken
Employment, prices surge in Australia’s building industry
There are fears the boom fuelled by HomeBuilder and low rates is setting up Australian construction – a notoriously cyclical industry – for another bust.
- Michael Bleby
- Breaking
- Commercial real estate
Australian Unity rejects $2.7b bid for healthcare fund
Australian Unity called the Canadian suitor’s efforts to highlight the increases in its offers ‘meaningless’.
- Nick Lenaghan
- Exclusive
- Rural property
Calabria, Medich seal $50m takeover of McWilliam’s Wines
The settlement of the Hanwood and Mount Pleasant Wineries to Calabria and Medich was the final chapter in the 144-year-old family winemaker.
- Larry Schlesinger
Big returns as listed property outperforms ASX 200
New research reveals that listed property funds have outperformed the ASX 200 in the 12 months to the end of March.
- Martin Kelly
