Brisbane Apartment

Source:  RP Data: Brisbane City and Spring Hill Postcode 4000

Many young adults live in apartments in Brisbane.  But many want to leave.  Brisbane is expensive, and is not yet a first tier city.  I like...

An article from the AFR on Thursday, 13 June 2013 is a good reminder why investing in boom towns is more like gambling than investing: Boo...

Capital city home values are up or down, depending on which RP Data chart you look at.

I bet no real estate agent in Brisbane will be distributing this RP Data chart.  Brisbane is more than 10% below the most recent peak, an...

This apartment looks like a bargain!  Only $2 for 5 bedrooms.

There was a fire this afternoon in an apartment on the top floor of Cathedral Place.  This building is located on the edge of Brisbane City,...

Pradella is marketing SkyView apartments at Kelvin Grove.  These are part of the Urban Edge development.  The other two buildings on this s...

Pradella has completed two of the three buildings in its Urban Edge complex at Kelvin Grove.  The "Horizons" building recently co...

Some high end apartments for sale in Brisbane: The Refinery at New Farm, 4 bedrooms for $3.65M Pinnacle at Roma Street Parklands, 3 bedro...

Peninsula at Kangaroo Point is currently being marketed by TDD.  One bedroom plus study from $370,000; two bedrooms from $425,000 to $620,0...

An interesting video regarding the 38 High Street apartment development in Toowong, next door to the RE pub.   Look here .  One bedroom ap...

FKP is promoting its The Hudson at Albion Hill project.  See www.themillalbion.com.au . Quote from Courier Mail advertorial, 8 June 2013 f...

"Bank of Queensland is worried about a surge in people borrowing money to invest in small apartments, citing Brisbane and Melbourne as ...

A commentator named Terry Ryder says that the Brisbane apartment market heats up.  See story on Property Observer website.  However, take c...

RP Data reports that Brisbane property prices are increasing, but looking back five years, the annual change in capital values is still nega...

RP Data reports that the number of sales of houses and apartments in Brisbane is more than 15% below the rolling five year average.  The ...

HTW Property Valuers say in their recent monthly report that, for apartments, the Brisbane market is improving, the Gold Coast market is de...

Sales of units and townhouses across Queensland have strengthened further over the last year, according to the lat...

For the month of May, dwelling values declined by -1.2 per cent across the RP Data-Rismark combined capital city index. The May fall was the...

It is becoming common for owners to seek permission to have a pet, for the body corporate committee to refuse, and for the body corporate co...

According to Matusik in the Courier Mail today:  "The premium for a car space within a new inner Brisbane development ranges in prince ...

Brisbane Letting Agent RBCX has issued the following rental report for Brisbane City and inner Brisbane: "The CBD market seems to be...

" The survey was conducted across 1,030 respondents who were located across the capital city and ‘rest of state’ regions around the cou...

The U.S. is in a more positive mood.  See NY Times : " Americans are in a buying mood, thanks largely to the housing recovery.   The ...

PointCorp is developing an apartment complex at 101 Riverside Drive , West End.  This is next door to Pradella's Left Bank development,...

Sunland has obtained development approval for its apartment tower at 140 Alice Street, on the corner of Albert Street.  Recently, barricades...

" With lower interest rates and home value growth remaining moderate we would expect that the basis point spread between official inter...

Many apartments that are sold off-the-plan in Brisbane are marketed to buyers outside of Australia.  Examples include Meriton and Metro Prop...

I heard another story about real estate agents ripping off a client.  It is worth considering this story, especially if you are thinking of ...

Nice story in the Sunday Mail regarding Infinity Tower, being built by Meriton.  I will not be buying in Infinity, but there are cool photos...

The Courier Mail recently had a story regarding a real estate rort that is said to be ruining the lives of thousands.  An extract: ...

Recent charts from RP Data show that Brisbane is under performing compared to the other Australian capital cities.  Does this mean that a bo...

From the NZ Herald News . "However, following the significant leveraging of Australian and New Zealand households over the last 30 ye...

Capital city home values fell by 0.5% in April however, they have increased by 2.3% so far in 2013 Capital city dwelling values increase...

A recent article about bylaws regarding keeping pets: Common Ground - Pets

New developments: 38 High Street , Toowong Arena South Brisbane Riverpoint , West End Urban Edge , Kelvin Grove Park at Newstead Pi...

Ciana Indooroopilly (all sales from original developer) Apt 29, 2 bed, 2 bath, 2 cars, top floor, sold on 21 February 2013 for $555,000 A...

This is a note that I received from a regular reader of this blog: I’m currently visiting USA again for another 3 months.  (You’ll recall ...

Brisbane still has a very high "time on market" for apartments.  On average, 80 days to sell from first listing.  This is about do...

"Overall, the data highlights that although the housing market has started the year strongly in terms of capital growth nobody should e...

Charlotte Towers, Apt 1504, 1 bed, 1 car, sold on 9 April 2013 for $410,000 Felix, Apt 116, 2 bedrooms, sold on 30 March 2013 for $515,000...

"If it's profitable and seems riskless, it's a business you don't understand."

" 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 ...