Brisbane Apartment

It is rare to see apartments for sale in Admiralty Quays , one of the better buildings in Brisbane downtown.  It is a quality building, with...

After a recent auction, Ray White Gold Coast is saying positive things, yet again, about the Gold Coast property market.  In every press rel...

"There’s now fewer rental homes in our CBD than we had in 2006, according to new data on Brisbane’s housing market. The Residential Ten...

There was a story in the AFR yesterday (page 7) with the headline "Cheaper to buy than rent". However, take care with such stori...

Is this Brisbane's most expensive two bedroom apartment?  It is in the Park Avenue building at South Bank (which is on a 99 year leaseho...

The developers of Radius Apartments at Woolloongabba recently announced that they have sold the management rights to Oaks Hotels and Resorts...

The Courier-Mail  has learnt Meriton has since last March been seeking permission from the Federal Department of Infrastructure and Transpor...

The 2nd edition of "Investing in Brisbane Apartments" is now available in the iTunes iBook store, and can be downloaded for iPads,...

Matusik says that the Brisbane property market is on the upswing.  See presentation and blog post . "The astute investor – and contr...

Here are some slides from RP Data's recent end of year review.  Click on slides to mark larger.

Introduction At this time of year, finding a good apartment or home unit to rent in Brisbane is not easy.  In January and February, the de...

Often, newspapers report on the growth or decline in property values, or identify certain areas as hotspots, or have articles such as ...

Living In Strata is said to be a resource for people living in strata titled buildings. See www.livinginstrata.com.au

A new edition of the popular Kindle Book  Investing in Brisbane Apartments - A Guide for Successful Investing (2nd Edition) has just been ...

Let’s have a look at the four most recent sales in Charlotte Towers (as set out in government records) located at 128 Charlotte Street in B...

Capital city home values fall over consecutive years, down -3.8% in 2011 and -0.4% in 2012.  With capital city dwelling values falling by -0...

A new development is being proposed for Edmondstone Street in South Brisbane, called Arena .  It has a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments,...

Anthony Johns Group appears to be pushing ahead with its Grey Street development at South Bank.  At one point, it seemed that Suncorp would...

A new apartment development, Aspect on Benson , in Toowong, is currently in pre-sales, selling off the plan.  It is close to Toowong Village...

It is interesting to look at Google Trends -- how many searches are conducted on Google for various topics.  Google Trends shows that there ...

Here is the median Brisbane rent for 2 bedroom apartments, as sourced from the RTA based upon information provided to the RTA when rental bo...

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From an REIQ press release : As we head into the peak demand period for rental properties it is important for te...

RP Data has released an end of year roundup video, looking at the Australia housing market. You can view the video here .

Morning Money, an investment website, has recently published an article:   The Long Drawn Out Retreat in Australian Housing Prices .  It pre...

The receivers of Soul have started a marketing campaign.  See www.soulatsurfersparadise.com.au .  The pricing on the Internet seems to show ...

RP Data reports that there are over 88,000 properties advertised for sale in Queensland at present.  This is an increase from this time l...

"We've seen signs that it's bottomed and there have been a few good sales on the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and even Cairns,...

The Soleil apartment building in Brisbane has been complete for some time, but there are still many apartments that are unsold.  (One of the...

Here is an article as to why buying an established apartment is better than buying off the plan. See Property Observer

The Viridian Noosa "resort" is discounting the unsold apartments.  The website states that one bedrooms that were $656,000 are now...

Demand for units and townhouses is increasing across Queensland as buyers flock to this more affordable type of property, according to t he ...

RP Data has an interesting article about lead indicators, which are days on market and discount from original list price. See RP Data arti...

As the full effect of the earlier cuts are yet to be observed coupled with the unknown global risks and expectation of slightly higher unemp...

Matusik has done a very interesting analysis of The Chelsea development in Bowen Hills, that recently completed.  It is worth studying this ...

Dwelling values across all of Australia’s capital city housing markets, except Melbourne, rose over November with values now just -0.1 per c...

An interesting new website is HouseNet -- a social media site for property people.  The cost ranges from nothing to $79 a month, depending ...

With PCM, the South African property developers, going bust, the El Dorado Cinema complex at Indooroopilly has been sold.  It is not entirel...

Recently, a 3 bedroom apartment in Skyline Apartments sold for $700,000 .   Many of the same type of apartment sold off the plan a number of...

Before buying, it is worth checking the Floodcheck database and map.  See Floodcheck .

Things can't be that good in the property market in Brisbane. "Mirvac has confirmed its refunding off the plan deposits for Brisb...

The following is a note from a reader: Think you’ve found a nice quiet unit or apartment near the CBD, buyer beware!. I’ve found agents li...

What main regret did homebuyers have? Although the percentage of first homebuyers* who had regrets about their property purchase is ...

You see, we undertake between 40 and 50 Project Definitions every year – this is a service which helps make a new residential project work...