As a current or prospective participant in Melbourne's residential apartment market, you may be interested to know that the latest July 2008 update of Charter Keck Cramer's semi-annual State of the Market: Residential Apartments in Melbourne's Central City Region report is now available. The Report provides in-depth analysis of the apartment sector across the Central City Region (covering the CBD Grid, CBD North, St Kilda Road, Southbank and Docklands).

Based upon the firm's highly regarded expertise and knowledge, the Report provides the most comprehensive and timely measures of market performance for the period ending June 2008 as well as an up-to-date outlook relating to potential implications of the current financial market and economic uncertainty. The Report provides a range of indicators suggesting that market conditions have stablised rather than declined with 5 year high sales activity, reduced overhang of completed stock, improved stock absorption, increased releases and moderate short-term completions.

Feedback from subscribers over the past eight years highlight that the Report it is an invaluable tool for business planning as it clearly outlines the prevailing and forecast property market conditions. The Report incorporates concise and insightful commentary along with over 30 detailed charts, tables and maps relating to the broader market as well as at a precinct level.

The cost of the Report (exclusive of GST) is $4,000 in hard copy format or $4,500 in electronic (pdf) format.

The Report can be ordered by responding to subscribe@charterkc.com.au. Please feel free to contact the undersigned if you are interested in purchasing the Report, require further information or would like to discuss customisation of our analysis to better suit your specific needs.