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Commercial property sales in Australia fell nearly 60% in the first quarter of the year after a stampede to buy assets caused a shortage of stock across the Asia-Pacific region, according to ­researcher Real Capital Analytics. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.

As land values rise, charities and not-for-profit organisations have been taking advantage of their increasingly valuable headquarters to fund operations. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.

Hobart’s Travelodge hotel is expected to fetch more than $20m when it is sold in May.

An entire apartment complex that was compulsorily acquired by the Victorian Government to accommodate the now-scrapped East West Link is now back on the market.

One of only five privately-owned properties in Melbourne’s entire Bourke St Mall is on the market, with a shop fronting the Royal Arcade listed for the first time in more than 30 years.

Australia’s number three-ranked golf course, Cape Wickham, appears almost certain to end up in foreign hands, after it was officially put up for sale. The picturesque links-style course at King Island, just north of Tasmania …

A pair of buildings in Sydney’s CBD are to be sold for the first time in more than 30 years, in an offering that could be worth as much as $130 million.

Developer Golden Age has put the Sheraton Hotel Melbourne on the block for up to $140 million as it looks to reshuffle its holdings after buying another major site in the city. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.

Canberra emerged as the surprise best performer of Australia’s office markets last year with the national capital ­second only to Sydney in delivering rent growth in the last quarter. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.