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A healthcare real estate firm reported a $65 million decline in property portfolio value.

The only healthcare-focused property trust listed on the NZX, Vital Healthcare Property Trust (VHP), has seen its property portfolio lose $65 million in value in the last six months. Having just had an independent appraisal of more than half of the company’s assets, VHP, which owns 47 properties spanning Australia and New Zealand, made the news. Stuff reports that the value of the healthcare real estate company’s $3.6 billion portfolio at the end of September fell by 1.9% from the end of June, while the value of the company’s 16 New Zealand subsidiaries, which included hospitals, medical offices, and ambulatory

January 10, 2023 No Comments

Australia News

Property market instability will haunt homeowners in 2023.

There are junctures in the history of Australian families that alter the trajectory of their lives for the foreseeable future. The RBA decreased the cash rate from 17.5 percent to 17.0 percent on February 23, 1990. For the following three and a half years, the cash rate would be reduced steadily until it reached its current low of 4.75 percent. For many Australians, worrying about interest rate hikes became a thing of the past as their threat vanished in late 2010. This turning point permanently altered the homeownership landscape and households’ mentality. The current situation, however, with Australians facing the

January 9, 2023 No Comments