Australian Property Journal's editor Nelson Yap talks to Jules Kay, Lui Violanti and Ivan Lam about property developments, hot spots and trends in Australia, and the outlook for the year ahead. Our guests, Jules Kay is the general manager, PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards & Events; Lui Violanti is Regional Manager - Western Australia, Inhabit Group; and Ivan Lam is the Executive Director, International Business at Charter Keck Cramer. Our guests also discuss the trends for design and archit...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 33
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Bill McWilliams, Chief Investment Officer at MaxCap Group and Bruce Wan, Head of Research at MaxCap Group about FY2024 and opportunities for the year ahead. Our guests will give an overview of: Financial Year 2024 and the key trends that emerged; Sentiment from the market, developers and investors; Interest rates, financing and private real estate debt; Emerging inve...
Jul 02, 2024•43 min•Ep. 32
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Justin Pearce, State Director of WA at MaxCap Group and Greg Pearce, Founder and Managing Director of Windsor Knight, about the Western Australia property market. APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Justin Pearce, State Director of WA at MaxCap Group and Greg Pearce, Founder and Managing Director of Windsor Knight, about the Western Australia property market. An overview of th...
Mar 26, 2024•56 min•Ep. 30
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Simon Hulett, Head of Direct Investment MaxCap Group and Ryan Banting, Executive General Manager Social Infrastructure Australian Unity, about the Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector. Our guests give us an overview of the PBSA sector's recovery since covid-19 and how it has evolved. Discuss the partnership between MaxCap, Australian Unity, and UniLodge....
Feb 20, 2024•55 min•Ep. 29
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Bruce Wan, Head of Research at MaxCap Group. Wan gives his insight into; The Australian and global economic performance, inflation, interest rates. The outlook for the residential housing market across Australia. ESG influencing investment decisions. What opportunities does that create for the commercial property sector? The outlook for the core office property, indu...
Dec 13, 2023•52 min•Ep. 28
APJ’s Talking Property with Michael Nitschke and Kent Leicester This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Michael Nitschke, Queensland State Director at MaxCap Group and Kent Leicester, Managing Director, KDL Property Group. Our guests discuss: 1) Trends and themes in the Queensland market, and the fundamentals driving the sector including: Interest rates; Population growth and lack of supply; 2) Building an...
Dec 06, 2023•41 min•Ep. 27
APJ’s Talking Property with Mark Wizel, Lewis Tong and Craig Schloeffel OUR guests today are Mark Wizel, Head of Wizel Property Group; Lewis Tong, Managing Director of Pearl River Group and Craig Schloeffel, Head of Investment at Payton Capital. 2023 has been a challenging year for the property market, particularly for the office sector. As the cost of debt rises, values are under pressure. In this latest Talking Property podcast, our guests discuss the commercial property sector, residential re...
Nov 28, 2023•53 min•Ep. 26
APJ’s Talking Property with Benjamin Martin Henry OUR guest Benjamin Martin-Henry, Head of Real Estate Research, Pacific, MSCI, returns to APJ’s Talking Property, and chats to Nelson Yap about the Australian Capital Markets. Transaction volumes hit the lowest level since 2011 Sales of industrial, office and retail assets all slumped in the first half Momentum in the build-to-rent (BTR) continued to grow, the only sector to buck the trend Incentive levels pushing 50% Valuation and transaction yie...
Sep 27, 2023•39 min•Ep. 25
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Johnny Woodhouse, Victorian Investment Director at MaxCap Group and James Maitland, General Manager, Salvo Property Group. Our guests discuss: Overview of the market and trends. Feasibility of projects, what are the themes in construction? MaxCap and Salvo Property, why did Salvo choose a non-bank lender vs bank? What should developers look for when choosing a fundin...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 24
APJ’s latest Talking Property podcast is joined by three guests: Jules Kay, general manager, PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards & Events; Lui Violanti, Regional Manager - Western Australia, Inhabit Group; and Benson Zhou, Director, Savills Melbourne and Divisional Head - Asia Market in Victoria. Our guests chat to APJ publisher Nelson Yap about: Australia emerging at the top of the list of favourite countries for Chinese property buyers, overtaking the United States and Thailand, which had be...
Sep 12, 2023•45 min•Ep. 23
THIS latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MSCI. Our guest Benjamin Martin-Henry, Head of Real Estate Research, Pacific, MSCI, returns to APJ’s Talking Property, and chats to Nelson Yap about the Australian Capital Markets. Commercial real estate transactions has slowed. The significant gap between pricing and expectations. Core sectors vs alternative. Price discovery and lack of transactions, how has that impacted valuations? Australia hasn’t seen...
Jun 28, 2023•55 min•Ep. 22
APJ’s Talking Property with David Oudshoorn and Grace Wu This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. In this latest episode of Talking Property and in a first for the podcast, we are joined by two guests to get their different perspectives. APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to David Oudshoorn, State Director NSW at MaxCap Group and Grace Wu, Managing Director, Bridgestone Projects. David and Grace give an overview from a financier and property de...
Jun 12, 2023•39 min•Ep. 21
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MSCI. Our guest Benjamin Martin-Henry, Head of Real Estate Research, Pacific, MSCI, returns to APJ’s Talking Property, and chats to Nelson Yap about the Australian Capital Markets. Market update – Office, Industrial, Office, Hotel. Alternative real estate investments. Will investors return to core because they are starting to get better yield spread? Yields continue to expand, will asset repricing continue...
Mar 15, 2023•43 min•Ep. 20
IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property podcast, Nelson Yap talks to Nick Bullick, Chief Investment Officer, New Zealand at MaxCap Group, about the New Zealand market. Difficulty for developers to get access to capital, the non-bank lending sector lags Australia, how will the sector evolve? Rising interest rates and the impact on the commercial property market. Trends and outlook on the markets – residential, office, retail, hotel. Property valuations are holding...
Dec 07, 2022•34 min•Ep. 19
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by Real Capital Analytics (MSCI). Our guest Benjamin Martin-Henry, Head of Real Estate Research, Pacific with Real Capital Analytics (MSCI), returns to APJ’s Talking Property, and chats to Nelson Yap about the Australian Capital Markets. Transaction volumes have declined. How are the different sectors performing. Alternative real estate outperformed the core sector. Have commercial property, particularly indu...
Nov 22, 2022•52 min•Ep. 18
APJ’s Talking Property with Damian Collins IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property, Nelson Yap talks to Damian Collins, Chairman of Westbridge Funds Management, on the Western Australian real estate market. - Rising build costs, its different for residential vs commercial and how they are impacting feasibility for different development products; - Townhouses as the “missing middle” of Perth’s property market; - How labour shortages are impacting Perth’s property ...
Nov 09, 2022•39 min•Ep. 17
IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, Nelson Yap talks to Justin Pearce, State Director WA - Investment at MaxCap Group, on the Western Australian market and commercial lending. WA apartment market – the growing acceptance of apartment living, presales, feasibility of projects, and housing. Interest rates - Perth has the second most affordable housing of any capital city, the nation’s lowest unemployment rate and highest average weekly wage, the impact of risi...
Oct 05, 2022•28 min•Ep. 16
APJ’s Talking Property with Mark Wizel IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property, APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Mark Wizel, the founder of Wizel Property Group. Wizel is well known to the property industry. The former CBRE national director is one of the most successful commercial real estate agents in Australia, handling over $14 billion in sales since 2009. Wizel opens up on why he didn’t join another real estate agency, instead he decided to start his own property c...
Sep 26, 2022•50 min•Ep. 15
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property is brought to you by Real Capital Analytics (MSCI). Our guest Benjamin Martin-Henry, Head of Real Estate Research, Pacific with Real Capital Analytics (MSCI), returns to APJ’s Talking Property, and chats to Nelson Yap about the Australian Capital Markets. Rising interest rates and cost of debt, the impact on the market. The relative value of retail investments is great, they have become cheaper over the last few years, so inve...
Sep 05, 2022•43 min•Ep. 14
This latest podcast of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, Nelson Yap talks to Simon Hulett, Head of Direct Investment at MaxCap Group, on identifying opportunities and the success of joint venture capital partners. What expertise is required to participate with JV capital partners in the market. Finding groups who are specialists in their field to partner with. How important i...
Aug 09, 2022•29 min•Ep. 13
IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, Nelson Yap talks to Johnny Woodhouse, State Director Victoria at MaxCap Group, on interest rates and the outlook on the development and lending markets. Residential development and unit sales have been subdued, but the reopening of borders has seen a return to apartments, reversing the COVID “escape from the city” trend, what is the new normal? Construction facing rising costs, how does that impact rise and fall contracts ...
Jun 21, 2022•38 min•Ep. 12
This latest episode of Australian Property Journal’s Talking Property is brought to you by MaxCap Group. IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Michael Nitschke, State Director QLD at MaxCap Group, about rising interest rates and the impact on the Queensland lending and development markets, and the outlook. An interest rate hike cycle is underway, how does that impact the project financing debt markets and impact project viability? Wha...
May 11, 2022•36 min•Ep. 11
IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to David Oudshoorn, State Director NSW at MaxCap Group, on the NSW lending and development markets and the outlook. Bank vs non-bank lending, the non-bank sector is maturing, how has that changed financing senior debt, mezzanine and equity, and shaped the growth of MaxCap and its partner Apollo Global Asset Management? The outlook for residential construction in Sydney over the next 12 to 24 months, ...
Apr 05, 2022•32 min•Ep. 10
2021 will likely go down as the year of the mega deal. Over the last 15 years, portfolio transactions have accounted for an average 12% of overall volume annually; in 2021, such deals accounted for 25%, a new record. Industrial has gone from strength to strength but the retail sector surprised many by outperforming the office sector in Q4'21 for the first time since 2015, and offices had the quietest fourth quarter since 2013 but investors are already coming back. Another surprise is the hotel s...
Mar 16, 2022•37 min•Ep. 9
IN this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Bill McWilliams, Chief Investment Officer of MaxCap, about commercial real estate (CRE) finance and non-bank lending. Bill discusses what has happened over the past 18 months in the CRE finance market. What trends will emerge over the 12 months for the CRE lending markets, which sectors are developers attracted to? Will financing for build-to-rent projects take off this year? Which sectors, geogra...
Mar 02, 2022•29 min•Ep. 8
Our guest Benjamin Martin Henry, Real Capital Analytics Head of Analytics – Pacific, returns to APJ’s Talking Property, and chats to Nelson Yap about the Australian Capital Markets. It isn’t just consumers who are revenge spending after lockdowns, investors have also flocked to the retail sector. Industrial and logistics remain the most sought after and transactions have outstripped the office sector in the first three quarters, could it be on track to beat offices in 2021? But the office sector...
Dec 15, 2021•47 min•Ep. 7
Katherine Liu, Managing Director, BEKL Katherine is one of the few women CEOs, leading a property development company. Grew up in a property family, surrounded by builders and developers. Liu talks about what makes a good property development, trends in the industry, what consumers want. She also talks about the challenges faced by property developers, particularly over the past two years and the trends in a post-COVID world.
Dec 01, 2021•17 min•Ep. 6
APJ’s “Talking Property” with Tony Crabb In this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Tony Crabb, about the retail property market and the road to recovery. Australians have accumulated 175 million days in leave and over $200 billion in savings, and they are just waiting for the permission to spend it. What will the recovery look like? What are the challenges? What sort of recovery will we see? What will help the recovery? The CBD’s vs the s...
Nov 21, 2021•32 min•Ep. 5
APJ’s “Talking Property” with Tony Crabb In this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Tony Crabb, National Director of Research at Cushman & Wakefield, about the industrial property market. Industrial is the darling of the market and underlying demand will continue to increase, underpinned by e-commerce, food storage, manufacturing, last mile logistics, and now data centres. Last mile logistics is helping retailers keep costs down. Myer ...
Oct 24, 2021•38 min•Ep. 4
In this latest episode of Australian Property Journal's Talking Property, APJ’s Nelson Yap talks to Zelman Ainsworth, Director of Ainsworth Property, about the retail leasing markets during these COVID times. What are landlords, businesses and tenants saying? What are some of the biggest changes landlords are wanting going into 2022? And tenants? Where are retail strips and shopping centres headed into the next five years?
Oct 03, 2021•30 min•Ep. 3
