Brisbane Apartment

Royal on the Park (the old Park Royal Hotel) owned by the Sultan of Brunei is to be resumed to build an underground train station. How will...

There were 3 auctions last weekend of 2 bedroom apartments in the Trilogy complex at Spring Hill (namely, apartments 226, 330 and 334) This ...

"... Mr Punch alleged in his statement of claim that the original disclosure statement received from Niecon subsidiary South Sky Invest...

There are head-winds for investors in the Brisbane apartment market: slowing population growth foreign investors selling, because they profi...

When I am looking to buy an apartment in Brisbane, I look at Trip Advisor to see if there are reviews about the apartment building and the o...

"... A ustralia’s housing market has flat-lined in the second half of 2010. The monthly RP Data-Rismark Hedonic Home Value Index was th...

New apartment development at Kangaroo Point. It will be twenty storeys. One bedrooms from $340,000; two bedrooms from $490,000. See At 20...

The AFR had an article last Friday about New Farm, titled "Grunge to groovy", that says: "... Back from the river are art dec...

Have you heard about these two tricks from real estate agents? One is listing a property for sale by forthcoming auction, but never actually...

Here is a good set of articles from Michael Matusik, regarding Brisbane property: Opinions

The Courier Mail had an article today that suggested that over reliance on property databases by real estate agents is leading to pricing di...

Newspaper reports and auction clearance statistics show that less than half the properties that are for sale by auction do not sell at aucti...

This is from Matusik's email this week. It is worth subscribing to his newsletter Matusik Missive – A new paradigm? 20 th October 201...

A great photo of the Brisbane skyline from Jesse on Skyscraper City . You can see (from the left) Waterfront Place, Felix, the back of Rive...

According to the AFR, Grocon (owned by the Grollo family in Melbourne) is in due diligence to buy the Empire Square site and also the Trilog...

It appears that PCN' s project on the El Dorado at Indooroopilly has yet again been delayed. On the second or third attempt, it was d...

In August the seasonally-adjusted RP Data-Rismark Capital City Home Value Index fell by 0.2 per cent. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis the...

“Four out of five investors reside in a detached home, yet just half buy a detached house as an investment. Investors seem to like apartment...

Deputy Governor Ric Battelino of the Reserve Bank of Australia is optimistic that there would be turnaround in the property and real estate...

From RP Data September Quarter 2o10 Rental Review " Over the last five years the weekly rent on a unit both nationally and within the c...

"... I foresee generally flat property prices over the next few months – possibly well into next year. But I also see some great opport...

There will be a large number of new apartment projects in Bowen Hills. This area is close to the city and the Royal Brisbane Hospital, but ...

Here is an interesting article, that discusses the risks of buying off-the-plan. " Three surefire ways to lose money in property "

FKP has opened its sales office for "The Milton", a new apartment building that FKP plans to build next to the railway line at Mi...

I came across this illegal trick that a "reputable" city real estate agent is doing. This is the story. Let's say that the ...

I received this from a Sydney investor, who was asked to invest in Infinity, on Herschel Street in Brisbane: 1 bedroom with study with city ...

The Herron Todd White Month in Review report, issued each month, often has useful commentary. Some extracts from the September 2010 report...

"Know how you should and shouldn't market your apartment, particularly when the onsite complex manager owns the building trademark....

Have a look at this chart from RP Data .

From the RP Data press release : After a large 1.0% seasonally-adjusted fall in June, Australian home values changed little in the month of ...

Mirvac's Park development at the Newstead River Park is currently being sold off the plan, and is due for completion in about June 2012...

" Two years on from the beginning of the Global Financial Crisis, Queensland’s residential property market has ridden the wave of econo...

Some interesting charts from the RP Data report to the ASX , released yesterday.

Extract from The Australian: " LOCAL property investors have become "Ponzi borrowers" in a market 40 per cent overvalued, acc...

A story from The Australian: Investment properties to flood market Prices set to soften Short-term gains unlikely "PROPERTY investors a...