Brisbane Apartment

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Brisbane School Districts

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When purchasing in Brisbane, it is good to know the school catchment areas. As time goes on, more schools will be subject to a school manag...

Western Suburbs

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From a Ray White Toowong newsletter: " An interesting trend in the market has continued to grow over the last couple of weeks. There is...

Australian Housing is Expensive

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What do you get for $700,000 in a prime U.S. area? Are we being ripped off in Australia? Have a look at this house for sale in Delaware , f...

CPI v Interest Rates Graph

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See Graph here .
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Wave, West End

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A Korean developer called Mirae Queensland Pty Ltd is in the final steps of obtaining development approval for an apartment complex at Wes...

Meriton Brisbane Update

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From an email to me from Meriton: "We do not have a time frame yet on when we will release our other development onto th...

Tennyson Reach Price Drop

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From a Mirvac email: "We have just been advised that commencing immediately the current prices have been reviewed offeri...

Gold Coast Penthouses

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From a Colliers email: " Since early March, six penthouses have reportedly sold across the Gold Coast, from beachside Burleigh Heads t...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Google Real Estate Search and other links

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Google Australia Real Estate Search and video Sold Magazine for real estate agents Property Portal Watch Australian Property Investor Inve...

Terry Ryder's View

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A classic of this genre was excreted recently by the UDIA. The institute called it "an unprecedented overview" of the home-buildin...

Scared buyers put apartments on top

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Will units continue to be a more affordable option? Not unless it becomes easier to build them. Analyst Michael Matusik says multi-unit buil...

It Seems that St George Doesn't Want Prices to Fall

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This is what St George Bank (part of Westpac) says about housing prices.. "There are a number of key reasons why we are optimistic on h...

Unbelievable Pricing

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There have been a number of stories published recently about price drops for top end properties, where vendors sold for less than for what t...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Meriton

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"Meanwhile, one of the apartment sector's great survivors, Meriton boss Harry Triguboff, is on the look out for a third Brisbane ap...

Brisbane

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"Meanwhile recent investor confidence has buoyed Brisbane's luxury apartment market, according to analysts." "Development...

Port Douglas

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Queensland residential property analyst Bill Morris, author of the Midwood Queensland Investment Report, said there were almo...

Top End Not Looking Good

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"Discounting by more than 20 per cent is commonplace for some top Gold Coast addresses and many houses and apartments are yet to sell. ...

Mixed Use Buildings

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This legal decision, concerning Admiralty Towers, highlights a problem that often arises in mixed use buildings. Admiralty Towers had a caf...

Sales in Brisbane City

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Admiralty Towers One - 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, 148 sqm, level 19, sold in March 2009 for $1,200,000 Admiralty Towers Two - 2 bed, 2 bath, 1 ca...

Colliers Opinion about Brisbane

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"Although Brisbane is at the bottom of the property clock, Colliers International believes still booming population growth will drive a...

Price Drop at Parklands Sherwood

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Pradella has decreased the list price for apartments at Sherwood. In my opinion, the city view apartments are great -- but there are few of...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Noosa

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Terry Ryder, a real estate commentator, had an interesting article in The Australian on Thursday about investing in Noosa. "The apartm...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

Brisbane Apartment Recent Auction Results

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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...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

South Point at South Bank - New Website

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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

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

Units Gain Market Share

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

Time to Invest?

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"One thing is for sure, the worst of the credit crunch is behind us now and this environment is very favourable to property investment....
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Some Owners Unable to Pay Strata Levies

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

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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...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Housing Prices Hold Up

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"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...

Maintenance Fees

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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

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

Off The Plan Contracts

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This week, the Queensland Fair Trading Minister Peter Lawlor announced that the Government would be legislating in response to ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Fire at Grosvenor

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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...
Monday, June 8, 2009

Comment from a Reader re Oaks and Aurora

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A reader kindly sent me this note, in response to a prior posting: I am concerned about trends in the industry, whereby th...
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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Mirvac Sues Many

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

Oaks Sells Out - To Brother!

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

Apartment House

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Bovis Lend Lease, an Australian company, is building a wonderful apartment building in New York City - 535 West End Avenue . Some floors ar...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Suburbs With Greatest Number of Apartments List for Sale

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See this chart for apartments with greatest number listed for sale. Chart is from RP Data's Property Pulse.
Saturday, May 30, 2009

RP Data - Rismark Index

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"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...

Market Commentary for Brisbane

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

Riparian Plaza For Sale

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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...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Brisbane Rates

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

Admiralty Quays - 1 bedroom apartment

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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 Prediction

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"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...
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