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Folkestone’s Investor Update – Have A-REIT Prices Bottomed & Construction Forecasts – Whats Ahead?
- Published November 28, 2016 10:26AM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
Have A-REIT Prices Bottomed Out?
Record low bond yields have supported the valuations and profitability of Australian real estate investment trusts (A-REITs) over the past few years and A-REIT’s have outperformed equities in 2014 & 2015.
The recent bond market sell-off has impacted on A-REIT prices. The question investors need to ask is whether the rapid rise in bonds will continue and A-REIT prices fall further, or has the pendulum swung to far, too quickly?
Construction Industry Forecasts – Whats’s Ahead?
For the 1.1 million Australians who work in the building and construction industry and the 24 million Australians who live, work and play in the built environment, the $200 billion construction sector is the backbone of the economy.
Here are eight key findings from the most recent Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) Construction Forecasting Council’s Australian Construction Market Report, November 2016.