Brisbane Apartment

Terry Ryder, a real estate commentator, had an interesting article in The Australian on Thursday about investing in Noosa. "The apartm...

Felix, Apt 317 , Level 31, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, over 150 sqm - highest bid $820,000, now listed at $950,000 Willahra Tower, Apt 49 , 2 b...

South Point has a new website . "Take a moment to appreciate the journey that a stroll through a palatial Southpoint residence offers. ...

RP Data Auction Results These results appear to be more accurate than other auction result sources.

"Instead, many prefer the cheaper priced units and apartments, which also often are closer to the CBD. The affordability is especially ...

"One thing is for sure, the worst of the credit crunch is behind us now and this environment is very favourable to property investment....

"A call by debt collection agencies for reforms to the cost-recovery process for bodies corporate comes as apartment owners at a Brisba...

On the Gold Coast, there were 79 new unit sales in the three months to May 2009, compared with just 49 the previous quarter. But it is a lon...

"Of course it's not good news at the top of the market, but despite all the attention given to Mosman, Toorak, Peppermint Grove and...

Interesting comment from another blog: "I must admit I had no idea what I was doing when I bought my first apartment; Low fees meant I ...

Union at Milton has updated its website -- FKP has cleared the site, and is waiting development approval.

This week, the Queensland Fair Trading Minister Peter Lawlor announced that the Government would be legislating in response to ...

There was a fire at the Grosvenor Apartment building on Edward Street, Brisbane, this evening. The fire was on the balcony of a lower apart...

A reader kindly sent me this note, in response to a prior posting: I am concerned about trends in the industry, whereby th...

Mirvac Queensland has recently launched a number of lawsuits in the Supreme Court of Queensland. These lawsuits appear to seek performance ...

Oaks has sold the management rights for 212 Margaret Street and Lexicon Apartments. The sale was to a newly created company partly owned b...

Bovis Lend Lease, an Australian company, is building a wonderful apartment building in New York City - 535 West End Avenue . Some floors ar...

See this chart for apartments with greatest number listed for sale. Chart is from RP Data's Property Pulse.

"The falls in Brisbane property values witnessed during 2008 appear to be a thing of the past. On an annual basis dwelling values in Br...

"Property prices in the sub-$520,000 market are continuing to attract high levels of interest from first homebuyers keen to secure thei...

There are four apartments for sale on the one floor in Riparian -- for about $15 million total. Thus, you can buy the whole floor, and hav...

The Council successfully defended the lawsuit challenging the additional rates imposed on unit owners. See Brisbane Times See...

There is a one bedroom direct river front apartment for sale in Admiralty Quays , listed at $625,000 . This is one of the best buildings in...

"Residex is now confident that the property market will not crash as it did in the USA and UK. In fact, some areas are about to experie...

"The Australian Bureau of Statistic's latest report was of a 6.7 per cent national fall in the prices of detached residential dwell...

"... The financial crisis has also impacted Austcorp Group Limited, the ‘ Vision’ project parent. Austcorp has recently ...

Brisbane's inner-city rail study has got the green light in the federal budget with a $20 million investment to work out an underground ...

"Currently, the new apartment market is not healthy. A lack of appropriate product, has led to a lack of demand. Only 87 new apartment...

"One of the other more interesting aspects that is starting to emerge in the market is the trend to smaller lot sizes and smaller house...

Austcorp, the developers of Vision in Brisbane, has called in the administrators. "The group said a "key cause" of its appoin...

List of real estate investing books (that can be shipped to Australia) What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow... And...

Mirvac's Tennyson Reach (Stage One - the first two apartment buildings) is complete, and residents will be moving in this month. I visit...

Vacancy rate for all Brisbane properties (houses and apartments, anywhere in Brisbane) is a low 1.9% SQM has a good website to look at rent...

"THE last apartments in the Drift development at Casuarina will be up for grabs via a liquidation sale, after developer APH Properties ...

See the debate involving Chris Joye in the Business Spectator , and the Crikey response . " Of the mainland capitals, Da...

Matusik comment 29 April 2009 "First home buyers continue to drive the property market, for the time being a...

Month in Review HTW says that, in relation to sales of Brisbane apartments, the market is at the bottom.

See RP Data Index and Full Report Brisbane The slowdown during 2008 hit Brisbane harder than many other capital cities, which is largely du...

In an email from an agent, regarding White Shells (a development in the middle of nowhere): " With this in mind, in the ...

Even in the USA, where there is a property bust, certain properties are not doing so badly. What does this say for places like Noosa? ...

"It is predicted that the residential market in Sydney will be the first market to move forward next year, ahead of the other property ...

Mr Quinn told analysts and reporters that Stockland’s residential sales performance remained strong, particularly among first-home buyers, a...

"Apartments are leading the surge in Brisbane rental prices, with weekly bills soaring more than 13 per cent in the past year. ...

"Australian residential property markets are in much better shape than residential markets in Britain and the US. Higher lending standa...

Auction on Saturday: Aurora, Apartment 609 , 3 bedrooms, 60th floor, passed in. Now listed at $825,000. Previously listed at $915,000