Brisbane Apartment

Introduction Finding a good apartment or home unit to rent in Brisbane is not easy, particularly in January and February when the demand ...

I have recently come across off-the-plan developments in Brisbane where the agent is being paid a flat 7% or 8% commission.  These agents ar...

Rents and apartment prices to face some stiff competition in Teneriffe? The sky-high rentals and apartment sale prices being charged f...

An excellent article by Bill Moss, who was very senior at Macquarie Bank, has been published recently. " I have always believed that ...

A new Soul website, that shows actual interior photos of apartments, has been launched.  It appears that less than 100 apartments have actu...

"Foreign developers have grabbed a 30 per cent share of Australia's apartment market, a trend not repeated since the Japanese off...

"Home developer Devine warns deteriorating property market conditions will cut its full year pre-tax profit by 31 per cent. Market co...

"Australia's housing shortfall is expected to blow out to more than 640,000 in 20 years, prompting industry calls for tax cuts and ...

Here is an interesting but sad story about a teacher's aid, who signed an off-the-plan contract in 2006 to purchase an apartment in The ...

The developer of The Oracle at Broadbeach was sued by a number of people who purchased apartments off-the-plan and then, after the market dr...

Property commentator Michael Matusik published some articles recently about the risks of buying of the plan.  See: Risks 1 to 3 Follow Up ...

This story has been submitted by a reader: "Read with interest your story “ Property or Shares ”. I know many people who are equa...

Mirvac announced today that it is selling its hotel division to Accor .  In Brisbane, Mirvac owns the management rights for Quay West in A...

Top 10 most expensive inner-Brisbane suburbs for unit rentals: RP Data

A website for Chinese buyers of real estate outside China is in the process of being launched.  It is called Juwai .  There are already a bu...

I looked at my super account with BT tonight.  Invested all in Australian and international shares.  Over the past 11 months, I have added $...

A recently Landmark White report states that about 31% of properties advertised for sale and coming onto the market recently are listings th...

Oracle receivers have released a special new price list for local agents for Oracle apartments in Broadbeach. Agents report that the new pr...

Another interesting comment from a reader regarding the prior post Rent Money is Dead Money : I am a number of months into my apartment ...

This is a note from a reader, in response to the prior Rent Money is Dead Money post. Here’s an actual position scenario sent in by a rea...

Headline in today's paper: UNITS continue to outperform houses in Brisbane, according to the latest market research from property an...

Some apartment buildings are built for residents, but are used for short term stays (hotel style accommodation) that causes problems for res...

I often hear young people say that rent money is dead money.  However, in many instances, it is better to rent than to buy.  This is particu...

"The supply of land, units and housing, as predicted was a problem in 2011. This was particularly evident in the unit sector. In spite ...

Based on around 285,000 sales over the first 10 months of 2011, the RP Data- Rismark Home Value Index recorded a decline in the month of Oct...

Many of the apartment buildings in Brisbane are "class 2" buildings -- which means they are for residential use.  To operate a hot...

Another decision concerning the keeping of a small dog in an apartment -- Arbour on Grey .  Here, the dog owner was unsuccessful.  But the d...

A number of real estate agents have told me that there is an oversupply of 1 bedroom apartments without car parking in Brisbane.  That overs...

There are rumours going around that Suncorp has select Southpoint at South Bank as its new headquarters.  Construction has not even started...

"Australia’s largest apartment developer, Harry Triguboff, has confirmed that Chinese buying of inner-Sydney apartments has halved in t...