Brisbane Apartment

" AMP Capital’s head of investment strategy, Shane Oliver, also predicts “a year or two” of house price gains but “not a lot”.   “It’s ...

Information from RP Data

A real estate agent is promoting a recent sale in Charlotte Towers: "RECORD SALE OF THE YEAR!  Being the only two bed, two bath apart...

Queensland units and townhouses have followed the positive lead of the house market, according to the latest Real Estate Institute of Qu...

"Australia’s housing recovery, which is seven months young, is solidifying. The question is how hard and long it will run. In January l...

Employment is a key factor impacting apartment prices. " So what could trigger an overdue shift in rhetoric? Watch the jobless rat...

Evolution Apartments, 18 Tank Street, Apt 225, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sold for $500,000 (previous owner had paid $762,000 off-the-plan fr...

"One important difference in 2001 was that Australia’s household debt-to-disposable income ratio was a substantially lower 95 per cent....

RP Data reports that Brisbane property prices have increased at a rate of 2.3% over the past year.  This is not keeping up with inflation. ...

"In conclusion, the data presented should provide more than enough evidence to suggest that Australia’s residential property market (sp...

Echo Entertainment is looking for a massive casino, hotel and ballroom site in Brisbane.  See Seven News .  It will be interesting to see if...

Arena at South Brisbane is currently being marketed off-the-plan.  It is located at 9 Edmondstone Street.  The two tower building has an in...

Mirvac's Park building at Newstead is complete, and there are a number of new unsold apartments being marketed by Mirvac.  These include...

A riverfront apartment building at Portside Hamilton is coming soon it seems.  It is called Pinnacle Portside .

I have read a number of property books and property blogs recently relating to investing in apartments, and this is a summary of what I have...

From an REIQ press release issued today regarding Queensland houses (not apartments): The Queensland real estate market maintained its ...

One trouble with off-the-plan marketing is that the apartments are often oversold.  The Oracle at Broadbeach was marketed as a beach apartme...

RealEstate.com.au has a section that lists new apartments being sold off the plan.  Here it is for The Valley in Brisbane.  Useful if you w...

BIS predicts an oversupply of apartments in Brisbane beyond 2014.   See article .  There was a similar story in the AFR on Monday, 11 Februa...

As reported by RP Data, on an average annual basis over the past 5 years, Brisbane has not had capital growth in property values.   Takin...

The Brisbane real estate market is still about 10% below its peak.  And sales volumes are still down.  I guess that means that there is room...

Pradella is selling Canvas in South Brisbane.  It is about to commence construction.  Some advertised pricing: Apt 1505 , 2 bed 2 bath, 7...

The Midtown, on 127 Charlotte Street, has opened, as a short stay " hotel ".  See its " apartment hotel " website.  Acco...

I visited Festival Towers recently for an open house.  The building and common facilities are looking tired, the apartment looked worn out, ...

If this chart from RP Data of past performance is any basis for predicting the future, then property values in Australia will start to rise ...

I received an email from an agent recently who is marketing a new apartment development at Windsor, called Stelvio.  It is a 33 apartment co...

Following on from FKP's The Milton and Walker Corporation's neighbouring development, there is now Savior Faire Residents at 27 M...

An interesting website to rate whether a property is located close to amenities is WalkScore  (update:  new link:    https://www.redfin.com/...

Place Projects have released their December Quarter 2012 report on the development and sales for new apartment projects in Brisbane.  The re...

"With the release of the RP Data-Rismark Home Value Index results earlier this month, we also received the updated information on media...

Stockwell is marketing 50 new apartments at West End, in its River Point development, called River Point on Ferry .  Prices range for $560,0...

Extract from REIQ Press Release: Demand for rental properties remained strong across Queensland during the last three months of 2012, acco...

The AFR this week quoted Rod Cornish from Macquarie Capital.  "Mr Cornish expected prices to track sideways in Melbourne for longer, wh...

Most people don't realise that many of the good public schools in Brisbane are districted, with enrollment management plans.  A property...

From an RP Data press release : Home values across Australia’s capital cities were up 1.2% in January, taking the annual movement in dwell...

Take care when buying off the plan!  At present, Meriton is marking Infinity, a tall apartment tower in the Roma Street area of Brisbane Cit...

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,...