Brisbane Apartment

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Buyer Behaviour

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From a Johnson Dixon newsletter: " Enquiry for most forms of property has slowly been gathering pace for some months now which is pleas...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Growth or Bust?

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" Potential home buyers hoping for Brisbane's property market bubble to burst may have to wait another three years, says a leading ...

Tennyson Reach Write Down

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" LEADING property developer Mirvac Group has written down the value of a flood-damaged development, Tennyson Reach in Brisbane, by $80...

Midtown on Charlotte Street

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"Chinese-owned development and construction firm Yanjian Australia has started work on a $72 million, 142-apartment building in Charlot...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Apartment Starts and Sales Drop

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THE latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows a worrying trend for apartment developers with commencement of new product do...
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Trends

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House Prices in 4000 Homes for sale in 4000
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Stamp Duty

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The decision by the State Government to remove the stamp duty home concession will flatten the struggling Queensland residential property ma...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Waterfront Pier

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I visited Mirvac's Waterfront project at Newstead recently, to see the completed Pier buildings. I was disappointed. The project has ...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Montague West End Gone?

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What has happened to Montague at West End? After a blitz of advertising, it has now seemingly disappeared. The project website has been d...

Soul and Mirvac and Oracle and Hilton

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LISTED property trust Mirvac Group will operate a luxury hotel at Juniper Group's Soul apartment complex on the Gold Coast. It is under...

China's Property Bubble Deflating?

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According to Dragonomics, sales volume in the nine cities it tracks fell by about half since the start of the year. In Beijing, that has mea...

Buyer's Market

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If there's all this great buying to do, where are all the buyers ?

Ekka Showgrounds To Become Apartment Getto

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The 22-hectare showgrounds will be trimmed. Five and a half hectares will be transformed to residential apartments - 2000 across 12 buildin...

Expert doubts where the market is heading

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"CBRE Brisbane residential projects managing director Paul Barrett admitted the Brisbane market was difficult, with a lack of confidenc...

Lower Demand Eases Apartment Market

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REIQ Press Release: The Queensland unit and townhouse market has not been immune from this year’s natural disasters and patchy economic cond...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Too Much Debt

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"These figures show a substantial shift in the indebtedness of Australian borrowers, who are now significantly more sensitive to moves ...

Mosaic The Valley Adds Hotel

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The Mosaic apartment development has added a 41 room hotel component . That is a small hotel. The hotel will be branded as a Grand Chifle...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Joye's Myths

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An extract from an article by Chris Joye: " A third myth is the popular claim that luxury, or more expensive, properties outperform che...

Investors Returning

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New mortgage sales figures for May point to investors returning to the Queensland market. More than a third of loans (36.5%) processed in Q...

Discounting is rife

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"Discounting was rife across the state, many vendors being forced to accept offers far lower than they would have last year, Mr Christo...
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El Dorado Indooroopilly Tries to Grow

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El Dorado Village at Indooroopilly is a development that has been in off-the-plan sales for some time by PCN developers from South Africa. ...
Monday, June 6, 2011

Mirvac Abandons Tennyson Reach

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Mirvac was developing Tennyson Reach, and aimed to have six apartment buildings along the river. Three have been built. They flooded. The...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Circa Nundah

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A new multi-building apartment development at Nundah, called Circa , is currently being marketed. A colourful brochure has been produced....

Valuer's View

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Valuers Herron Todd White's recent report says that, for the apartment market, the Brisbane market and the Sunshine Coast markets are b...

Admiralty Two - Doing Well

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The Courier Mail reports today that a 3 bedroom apartment in Admiralty Towers Two ( Apt 180 on level 32 in the "high rise" sectio...

On The House Down 9% on First Day

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OntheHouse , which gives away data, listed on the ASX recently by its lawyer founder, and dropped 9% on the first day . I think it would be...

Recent Brisbane Auction Results

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Just over a week ago, Ray White had an auction where 12 Brisbane inner city apartments went to auction. Only one sold at auction (1201 in U...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Soleil Photos

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Recent photos of Soleil on Adelaide St in Brisbane, from SkyscraperCity .

How Low Can the US Market Go?

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For real estate, some economists say, an end to the seemingly endless decline in housing values might be in sight. Not immediately. At the m...

Two Bedrooms Are Back in NY

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As the real estate market in New York City shuffles toward recovery, two-bedroom apartments have been the last to rejoin the party. Sales o...

RP Data State of the Market

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This is information from RP Data. Prices & Volumes · Prices down 1.5% over the past 12 months across capital cities · ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Old State Library to Become 400 Room Hotel

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The Old State library building will become a 400 room high rise hotel. This will impact the river views from some apartments in Casino Towe...

Supply Glut Growing in Brisbane

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"Brisbane buyer are spoilt for choice as a record number of new apartments hit the market, with more on the way. There are more than 2...

Heavy Discounting on the Gold Coast

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"Heavy discounting has helped the previously stalled Gold Coast apartment market move up a gear with several projects finally selling o...

REIQ Says Bottom of the Market for Queensland Real Estate

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The REIQ, which is trade association for real estate agents, says that now is the time to buy because it is the bottom of the market. "...

Rp Data - Rismark April Report

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The near-double interest rate hike in November last year has bitten, with seasonally-adjusted Australian capital city dwelling values down 1...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Markup Update

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There are a huge number of properties listed for sale at present, well more than average or for this time of year. At the Ray White auction ...

Saville SouthBank

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One of my favourite apartment buildings in Brisbane is the Saville SouthBank, above the Mantra. It is rare for good apartments to be listed...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Too Many Apartments

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"According to Place research analyst Lachlan Walker, there were 2015 apartments available for sale off the plan at the end of the March...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Most Popular Posts

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One of the most popular posts in recent times has been a short note about Alex Perry Residential. The post is here . I suspect that the de...

US Banks Own Nearly A Million Homes

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" Over all, economists project that it would take about three years for lenders to sell their backlog of foreclosed homes. As a result,...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

New Apartments in Brisbane

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In February 2011, I prepared a detailed post regarding new apartment projects in Brisbane. Below is an updated list. There are more detail...

Keeping a Dog is Not Unreasonable

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"Two extreme examples can be given to show what clearly falls outside the purpose of the by-law making power: Firstly, it could not be ...

When the Resources Boom is Over

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"But the minerals boom won't last forever. The second phase of investment is now committed, ensuring strong investment over five ye...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

House Sales Down

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An REIQ report says that house sales are down. This report is for houses (not apartments). See Courier Mail . From the REIQ press release...
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