Previous years’ reports have devoted a lot of commentary to residential property. Whatever perspective you had - investing, developing, financing, home owning - you were likely to have done well. Now, as redicted, we are seeing residential cool in some Australian markets. This year's report is all about lifting our gaze beyond the backyard to the bigger picture of opportunity and influences for our property markets. Why the big picture? Because, as you will see in our economic forecasts, the growth drivers of our property markets are shifting from internal influences to external influences. We are moving from an economy financed by residential construction to one driven by overseas influences. These overseas influences will increasingly be major drivers for our property markets, particularly the nonresidential markets of office and industrial.

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