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 significant write-downs compared to other global markets.
• The upcoming annual reporting season, what to expect from valuations?
• Liquidity, Australia remains the most liquid market despite the lack of transactions.
• Build-to-Rent, changes to managed investment trust (MIT) is expected to spur domestic players to look to offshore capital markets, and find development partners and/or funding.