Brisbane Apartment

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Friday, August 31, 2012

Devine Makes a Killing at Hamilton Harbour

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"Devine reported the sales success at Hamilton Harbour as one of the highlights of its financial year as it reported an underlying prof...

Aria in South Brisbane

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Aria has been in the news recently.  Extracts from two stories below.  I think that South Brisbane is a good location, but a number of Aria...

Buy or Rent a Brisbane Apartment?

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See RP Data's recent and popular "Buy or Rent" report.  Details on RP Data blog .  The report says that it is better to buy ra...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Project Marketing Techniques

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Interesting article about how project marketing companies use online techniques and database collection  strategies to gain sales in off-the...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

West End High Rise

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The State Government has allowed 12 storey apartment buildings to be built in West End, against local community interests, and as a reward f...

Housing Market Slumpy?

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There are many negative stories at present about the housing market.  For example, " Gloom Returns to Housing Market " (but is Que...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

FKP's SL8 Monster

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FKP developed a project in West End, called SL8 , a few years ago.  It is interesting to look at how it has performed.  FKP advertised this ...
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Metro 21 Sales

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A boutique apartment building in Brisbane City is Metro 21, located at 21 Mary Street.  I generally like this building, because it is smalle...

Buy Real Estate or Buy Apple Stock?

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Money Watch: Invest in Apple or buy rental property?   http://usat.ly/PNBhKB
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Rental Crash Coming?

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I wonder if a rental crash is coming?  From my review of listing portals, there is a build up of property for rent in Brisbane.  Some landlo...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

RP Data Quartley Report - Brisbane

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Over the past 12 months, home values in Brisbane have fallen by -2.8 percent for houses and units declined by a greater -5.0 percent, underp...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Why Investors Favour Apartments

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"Nationally, 58% of flats, units and apartments are owned by investors. That is quite an amazing statistic, especially when you compare...

Strange Stories Re Ray White Paddington

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Have a look at King Con post and also Stalker story.  Very strange!
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Belise

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A nice video fly-through for the planned Belise apartment complex at St Paul's Terrace in the Valley has been made available.  See here...

Few Optimistic Words From Real Estate Lobby Group

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From an REIQ media statement, issued last night: "Queensland home buyers retreated from the property market in the June quarter as th...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Off-the-plan risks

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An interesting article Off-the-plan properties are a risky acquisition .  This article has some good information, but it is focused on the s...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Rive Breakfast Creek

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I recently visited the display apartments at Rive , Breakfast Creek.   (It is being advertised as Breakfast Creek, but it is really in Albio...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Too Many Rentals Available?

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"Investors returning to the property market - and, at times, frustrated vendors unable to sell - have pushed the number of properties a...

Holiday Letting Agent Investigation

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An interesting article in the AFR on 9 August (page 45) about StayMint  (or Mint?) real estate letting agent, and how (it is alleged) they w...

Housing Risk

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An interesting article by Chris Joye:   Housing Risk: It's greater than you think . "Using some complex statistical methods pione...

Ray White's view

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This from a Ray White agent's newsletter, about the Brisbane inner-city apartment market: "Large amounts of buyers enquiring on o...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

The Plaza South Brisbane

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David Devine’s Metro Property Development group has increased its commitment to the inner-Brisbane apartment market, with approval granted f...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

First Home Buyers Return

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From an REIQ press release: The low interest rate environment and more affordably-priced properties are continuing to attract Queenslan...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Place Report: Sales of New Apartments in Brisbane

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Place Real Estate Agents have issued their report about off-the-plan sales and sales of new apartments in Brisbane in the June 2012 qua...

Admiralty Precinct Sales

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From an email from agent Colin Walsh : During the first half of 2012, we have handled the sale of 3 apartments and achieved outstanding r...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

El Dorado Bust

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Although there is still website advertising for PCN's El Dorado Village apartment development at Indooroopilly, it seems like the devel...
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Monday, August 6, 2012

Brisbane Airport Proposed Second Runway

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What impact will the proposed changes to the Brisbane air traffic patterns have on apartment values in Hamilton?
Sunday, August 5, 2012

Uncertainties, Risks and Body Corporate Fees

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I feel that now is probably a good time to buy an apartment in Brisbane.  Prices are down, and there are many good apartments for sale.  How...
Saturday, August 4, 2012

South Brisbane Apartments

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There are two large apartment buildings currently in presales in South Brisbane.  One is Metro's The Plaza development.  The other is P...
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Friday, August 3, 2012

River Place - Recent Sales

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Recent sales for River Place, 82 Boundary Street, on the river in Brisbane. Apt 142 , 2 bed, 2 bath, sold in May fully furnished for $563,...

Oaks Aurora Towers - Recent Sales

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Recent sales in Oaks Aurora Towers , an apartment building at 420 Queen Street that is managed by the onsite manager as a short term service...

Apartments or Houses?

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"Nationally, 58% of flats, units and apartments are owned by investors. That is quite an amazing statistic, especially when you compare...

Barefoot Investors Advice re Property

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"My opinion on traditional Aussie housing hasn't changed one iota: I still firmly believe that most investment properties bought ...
Thursday, August 2, 2012

South Brisbane apartment

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Proposed apartment building by Aria at 77 Grey Street in South Brisbane.  Proposed to be 18 stories. 36 two bedroom apartments & 84 o...
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Queen Street Proposal

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Proposed building by Grocon for the failed Trilogy site in Queen Street.  Aurora Towers on the far left.  The proposed building is not river...

Gold Coast Prices Have Further to Fall

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THE Gold Coast housing market is about six months off the bottom, according to analysts.  Two separate housing indexes showed a rise in capi...

111 Eagle St Opening

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111 Eagle Street opened last night.  It is not an apartment building, but it is next door to Riparian apartments.   Photo here .

No significant improvement: RP Data

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Summary of RP Data report: Capital city home values increased by 0.6% in July after increasing by 1.0% in June ·          Capital city...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Brisbane Apartments are Worst Performing Market: RP Data Statistics

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Dwelling values across capital cities recorded a second month of capital gains in July with dwelling values up by 0.6% over the month follow...

Brisbane Downtown Ghost town

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An interesting article from The Telegraph that says that the Brisbane downtown is a ghost town.  But despite this, car parks are charging $...

Census Snapshots

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Click here for an interesting census tool.
Monday, July 30, 2012

Value Accumulation by major Queensland regions

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Across Queensland, 9.6 percent of homes are worth less than or equal to their initial purchase price while 36.6 percent of homes are worth m...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Profits and Losses on Actual Sales Data

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From a report from RP Data, that shows a number of people made losses when sell property -- it is not true to say "as safe as houses...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Pets - from a reader

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We’re big fans of your blog over at Insurancequotes.org and wanted to share with you one of our new favorite posts, about pet and home renti...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Comparing Different Apartments

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This note came from a real estate agent's newsletter (HS Brisbane Property): This is, funnily, exactly what's happening in the Bri...
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