Well another election has come and gone, and no matter what side of the fence you sit – you’re probably pretty glad its over so we can all get on with it!
Refined & Centralised Planning Laws Could Improve Housing Outcomes
Zoning rules, combined with under-utilised property in prime locations, housing affordability and the requirement to build at a higher density in sub prime locations away from existing infrastructure are creating sub optimal housing outcomes across multiple Australian cities.
A Month of Milestones in April
During April, some important milestones were reached at CFMG Capital when we welcomed our 1,000th investor and even more impressive, we had one of our initial investors invest in their 10th project.
CFMG Capital’s Scott Watson Raising Funds And Awareness for Homelessness
For the second year running, CFMG Capital Managing Director Scott Watson will join other local leaders and sleep outside as part of an eye-opening experience to raise awareness and bring home the realities of homelessness.
Australian East Coast Land Supply Falls to Five-year Lows
The UDIA’s latest state of the Land report shows the supply of greenfield housing lots on Australia’s east coast in 2018 fell to 5 year lows.
Final Australian SMSF Property Lender Turns The Lights Out
“Turn the lights off on the way out the door” is exactly what Macquarie Bank did recently when they were the final bank in Australia to stop lending to SMSFs for the purposes of purchasing residential property.
CFMG Capital Launches Middleton Park II
Middleton Park II, as the name suggests, is the extension of an existing CFMG Capital residential development delivered by the fund and thus enjoys the benefits of being a proven project. The site lies immediately adjacent to the existing 150 lot Middleton Park development and will create an additional 186 allotments to form a 336 lot residential community.
Unlisted Property Funds outperform in 2018
Unlisted property funds have continued their spectacular run of returns in the past 5 years, once again outperforming listed real estate trusts, direct property investments and the broader equities market – delivering a return of 13.8% throughout calendar year 2018.
Success a Result Of Workplace Diversity
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated around the world on the 8th of March and is a day to reflect on how far society has come and how far we still have to go to truly achieve gender equality. Last week, the women of CFMG Capital attended an International Women’s Day lunch to celebrate this day.
Market Cycles Creating Opportunities
The point we’re making here isn’t to start trying to essentially ‘stock pick’ or list suburbs outperforming other suburbs in these major markets, but to simply point out the opportunities created by the basic property cycle, particularly for developers (or investors) who take a national view, or even just an eastern seaboard view.