Brisbane Apartment

You know when a developer is targeting foreign buyers when they produce a brochure in Chinese.  Here is a very nice brochure for Botanica , ...

The tall Infinity building has partly opened, even though it is still under construction with a crane on top.  Meriton has opened its servi...

There is a lot of talk about how well the Sydney property market is doing, and also the property market in general.  But this does not appea...

RP Data released a report today, showing the suburbs with the lowest median price for units within 10km of Brisbane's city centre.  The ...

"Apartment buyers in Victoria are routinely being led to believe by developers and agents that their purchases are more than 5 per cent...

Foreign buyers snapped up one in every eight new properties built this year - up from one in 20 properties in 2011, National Australia Bank ...

"Apartment buyers should avoid paying for lifestyle amenities already on their doorstep.  Minimising strata fees is increasingly a prio...

A number of onsite managers have reported to me that they are taking much longer than expected to fill vacancies, and that rents are going d...

A new property website:   Property Owl .   This is aimed at buyers.

If you pay too much to a developer when buying off the plan, no matter how good the location, and how good the development, you will loose m...

In Australia, rental yields for apartments are 4.9%, according to RP Data.

New harbour-side apartments in downtown Sydney, at Barangaroo , are generating great interest.  Lend Lease must be happy.

Alex Perry Residential in the Valley launched with great hype, and, according to hits on this blog, was of great interest to people looking ...

Last week, Ken Woodley, marketing director of Metro Property Group, zoomed past me in his Jaguar.  He was leaving his Mirvac penthouse and h...

Property owners in Australia do not appear to be rushing to sell, according to RP Data.

According to RP Data, when looking at the median price of properties sold in the 3 months to July 2013, apartments in Brisbane are $75,00...

There are two competing apartment developments in Milton , currently being developed. The Milton , being developed by FKP, at 55 Railway ...

The number of apartments being sold in Brisbane are less than the number sold in the same three month period last year.

I have conducted a review across about 20 apartment rental properties in Brisbane and S.E. Queensland, comparing the 12/13 FY with the previ...

Real estate agents are reporting that buyers are coming back to the market in Brisbane, and that prices achieved are increasing.  For exampl...

From the HTW Month in Review , recently published: "Our valuers are reporting anecdotally that confidence is reasonably good around s...

According to RP Data, Brisbane apartment values are still declining.  From an RP Data release: "RP Data and Rismark International tod...

A story in the Courier Mail yesterday:  " Bank revaluations hit apartment buyers ".  Some extracts: Buyers of off-the-plan apart...

The AFR had a story on 24 July:  "Brisbane keen for more Chinese buyers".  Some extracts: Harry Triguboff from Meriton apartment...

It is even making new in New York that Australians are getting fatter .  In New York, many people live in apartments, and do a lot of walkin...

The AFR had a story on Wednesday titled "Outlook for property on a weaker dollar." An abstract from ABIX is as follows: "...

Population growth and employment drives house price growth.  Population decreases and unemployment causes property prices to fall.  The foll...

After delays and false starts, it now appears that SouthPoint at SouthBank is ready for a sales launch.  See this site and  this site , for...

Many owners of apartments in Festival Towers in Brisbane, and the body corporate, are suing Devine Limited and Brookfield Multiplex Construc...

Evolution   Apt 171, 1 bed, 1 bath, no car - $310,000 Grosvenor   Apt 107 - $1.3M Skyline   Apt 61, 3 bed, 2 bath, 1 car - $715,000   ...

Over the 2012/13 financial year, Brisbane had a 0.6% increase in property values, according to RP Data.  This is less than inflation.   A...

I was recently looking a property in the LA area of California.  When a house I was looking at was listed for sale, about 20 written offers ...

Brisbane has been the worst performing city in Australia when it comes to capital gains for housing, looking over the last 5 years.  In fact...

I received an email from an agent selling apartments off-the-plan, listing four current projects.  Here are the details that were sent to m...

In Melbourne, many properties are sold by auction.  In Brisbane, less properties go to auction, and auctions are less successful.  I find it...

An interesting recent article in the NY Times about apartments in Toronto: A Dizzying Condo Market in Toronto .  How similar is this to Bris...

Brisbane apartment prices did worse that Brisbane house prices over the past financial year.  There was a fall of 1.8% in Brisbane ap...

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...