Brisbane Apartment

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Rates Ripoff in Brisbane

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CITY Hall will drag five times the amount of general rates out of Kelvin Grove Urban Village this financial year. Information released by Br...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Soleil Tower Sales Launched Today

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Meriton's Soleil , its first building in Brisbane, launches this weekend. (Completion of the building is planned for 2011 or 2012.) It ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

M on Mary - bank takes over?

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I heard that the developer of M on Mary has gone into bankruptcy or receivership. There are a number of apartments that remain to be sold....
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Meriton Soleil Pricing

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Apartments for Sale Size Parking Priced from Floorplans 1 Bedroom $348,000 2 Bedroom 1 Car space $503,000 2 Bedroo...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Ray White Sunday Auction Results

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See Courier Mail blog Felix: 342/26 Felix St , 2 bed, 2 bath, sold for $495,000. Festival Towers, 1901/108 Albert St, passed...
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Meriton Soleil to be Released Soon

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"Thank you for your email enquiry regarding our brand new 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments soon to be on sale. Selling off the plan the ...

United States House Prices Far from Bottom

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"One reliable proxy of housing values — the ratio of home prices to rents — indicates that in many cities prices are still too high rel...

No More NorthBank

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The Premier axed the NorthBank development on the edge of the Brisbane CBD. See Sunday Mail - it was front page news. People in Casino Towe...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Doubtful Vision

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"The developer behind the $900 million Vision Tower skyscraper on Mary Street is confident construction will proceed, de...

Riverpoint Update

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Riverpoint reports that it has reconfigured some of their apartment layouts: "... we are about to release a whole new range of designs...

West End Unit Owners are Concerned

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"WEST END: Riverside apartment dwellers are banding together in a bid to give their direction on the future shape of the community. Mo...

River City and Oaks - Again!

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I saw this on a bulletin board: "Remember the controversy of kicking all those tenants out of Charlotte Towers??? Well... guess what.....
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Predictions and Guesses

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A lot of people seem to think that it is the end of the world as far as property investment is concerned. These are my thoughts. Facts : In...

Future Brisbane Apartment Developments

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There is likely to be a shortage of apartments in Brisbane in the near future. (This statement assumes that that is not mass...

Useful Websites About Brisbane Apartments

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When I am looking for information about Brisbane apartments under construction, I find useful information on the following two websites: S...

Chermside

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I have never been excited about Chermside. However, here are some links to Chermside apartment buildings: C1 Apartments and also here and...
Friday, October 10, 2008

Soleil Tower Website

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Meriton's Soleil Tower, on Adelaide Street, now has a website. 403 apartments. 74 levels See http://www.meriton.com.au/...

Fall of an Empire

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The Empire Square project on Elizabeth Street in Brisbane, which was to include a Westin Hotel, has been scrapped. "Developer Metacorp ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

August Property Value Index

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RP Data Rismark Index for August "The national end of month property indices report released by RP Data & Rismark International con...

Water's Edge at West End - Traffic Concerns

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Brisbane apartment project dismisses transport concerns The company behind a new apartment complex in Brisbane's West End says it d...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Brisbane Association for Rates Equity

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There is now an association of apartment owners that is fighting the Brisbane rate increases for apartments. It is called Brisbane Associat...

Buranda High Rise Development

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See Brisbane Times "Thousands of new residents, workers and shoppers could soon flood the inner-city suburb of Buranda if a large-scale...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Parklands at Sherwood Residential Development

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I recently visited the Parklands at Sherwood development, by Pradella. It is currently under construction, with stage one completion plann...

SouthPoint Residences at SouthBank

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Here is an interesting drawing, showing the proposed building at Southbank, with the existing Collins Place building left standing. ...

Landmark Byte Brisbane Residential Report

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" After recording the strongest growth and activity for the last five years during 2007, the Brisbane residential market like other mar...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Vision or not?

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See this AFR story , which says that Vision does not have finance and no construction contract has been signed. Trilogy sounds more optimis...

Trilogy and Water's Edge Video

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See this video . A similar story from the Brisbane Times, which is a little misleading because presales have been going on for months: Brisb...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Brisbane Apartment Prices are Not Decreasing

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According to the REIQ Unit Report issued today, demonstrates that Brisbane apartment prices are not decreasing. For Brisbane City downtown a...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Sales and Auction Results for Brisbane Apartments

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Felix Apt 294 - highest bidder = $395,000 Skyline Apt 254 - passed in Apt 422 - passed in Riverplace Apt 32 - highest bid - $640,000 Apt ...

Recent Opinions

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Extracts from RP Data's Property Pulse this week: " With fewer buyers in the market, ABS statistics are highlighting a reluctance b...
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Milton Union Station Development

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"A 30-storey highrise with 210 units, hotel, and a 10 storey office tower over Milton railway station will be built within the next thr...

Promenade Building at Multiplex's Portside

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Multiplex have started to sell the fourth building in the Portside development at Hamilton Shipping Terminal. This building is named Promen...
Monday, September 15, 2008

Luxury Apartment Report

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From Property Wire The Luxury Apartment Report released today by Colliers International reveals multimillion-dollar, quality designed units ...

West Village

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Aria has launched a website for its South Brisbane - West End project, currently in the final stages of council approval. www.gowestend.com....

Soleil - Meriton's New Adelaide Street Highrise

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Soleil is taking expressions of interest and they have started advertising . "At Meriton we never compromise on quality with any of our...

Northshore

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The Courier Mail reports (14 September 2008): "A NEW riverside neighbourhood, 6km from the Brisbane CBD, will house 13,000 residents, ...

Brisbane Students Forced Out of Housing

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See recent article in Brisbane Times . As an aside, a new apartment complex is to open in Indooroopilly in October. Called Riverbend Towers...

El Dorado Village at Indooroopilly

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The El Dorado Village project at Indooroopilly has launched its website. See www.eldoradovillage.com.au The project is to launch in Octobe...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Buzz Coming Back to Brisbane?

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Have a look at this comment: http://www.realestatedaily.com.au/2008/08/26/the-buzz-is-coming-back-to-the-brisbane-real-estate-market/

Hotel Apartments

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Hotel Developer Lands in Red Ink, Despite Boldface Names ... “He got caught in a bad concept — which is the hotel-condo concept,” he says. “...

Pricing Pressure on Developers

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See Residential Developer Magazine regarding how developers are trying to get you to buy without having to cut prices. Note the reference t...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

HWT Report

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"If inner city apartment living is your thing, there are a couple of alternatives worth your time. For an entry level option, try a o...

Devine Update

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"Devine believes the fundamentals for the housing market in Australia remain sound with a significant and growing undersupply of housin...

Raptis and Surfers Paradise

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There are rumors that Raptis, who is developing the Hilton hotel and apartment complex at Surfers Paradise, is in significant trouble. I wo...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Ciana At Indooroopilly

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I have inspected an apartment at Ciana at Indooroopilly. Although still under construction (completion expected in October 2008), I was pl...
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