Brisbane Apartment

As the Queensland sales market kicks into gear, pressure on the rental market has eased according to the Real Esta...

In an article in Property Observer ,  BIS Shrapnel is forecasting further strengthening of the off the plan apartment market in Brisbane ove...

An interesting article about the Walter Taylor Bridge at Indooroopilly, by a real estate agent, sent to me by a reader. See here

When reading a recent story in The Times (from London) titled " How to avoid house-sale hell ", about a lady who went through a se...

RP Data recently issued is "Coastal Housing Markets - December 2013" report. " Across the Sunshine Coast, median house valu...

The AFR had a story on page 3 on Wednesday this week: "Interstate property buyers see value in northern exposure."  Some extracts:...

Investment advisory group MRD Partners from the Gold Coast. has a free book , Property Investing in the post-GFC World.  It is worth reading...

From a recent RP Data submission to the Queensland Government : We conducted some analysis of auction sales in each of these two States ...

According to RP Data, Brisbane unit and apartment sales (that is, the number of sales) is up 16% than the same three month period a year ago...

There is a common saying that Australian property double in value  every seven years.  RP Data's recent Pain-Gain report suggests that t...

From RP Data: Brisbane apartment prices (to 31 December 2013) : Month of December 2013 - up 0.4% Quarter - up 2.4% Year on Year ...

Highlights over the three months to December 2013 Best performing capital city: Sydney +4.1 per cent  Weakest performing capital city: Ca...

Pradella has a number of apartment developments in Brisbane that are currently being marketed.  These include: Riverside , West End 1 be...

Meriton's Infinity tower in Brisbane is now at its full height -- 81 levels -- and is now the tallest tower in Brisbane.  The intern...

CBRE was marketing The Glass Factory at West End.  It is reported as being sold out.  The current website states: "West End’s faste...

As previously reported in this blog 20 months ago, an Apple Store is coming to the Brisbane City.  It will be in MacArthur Chambers, the s...

Admiralty Towers One (35 Howard Street) Apt 93, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 car parks - sold in September for $880,000 Apt 58, 2 bedroo...

RP Data has issued its December 2013 Pain and Gain report, comparing sales prices with the actual purchase price for the same property.  A s...

A few years ago, a South African developer tried to redevelop the El Dorado cinema site in Indooroopilly.  The developer, PCN, went bust.  N...

The site of the old Supreme Court and District Court buildings at 300 George Street have been sold by the State Government to a property dev...

A new apartment development is currently being marketed off-the-plan in Toowong.  It is 38 High Street , overlooking the R.E. Hotel.  It eve...

Sunland has completed a very fancy display building for Abian , on site, on the corner of Alice Street and Albert Street.  See photo below. ...

A Brisbane real estate agent who sells CBD apartments ( Hannah Schuhmann ) produced an interesting map that shows some of the larger apartme...

Currently under construction, but almost complete, at 103 Mary Street is a new hotel, to be branded as a Four Points by Sheraton.  It is 33 ...

For landlords who do not like real estate agents, a new service -- Rent My Estate -- allows landlords to list on real-estate.com.au.  It pr...

"But what if the world we’ve been living in for the past five years is the new normal? What if depression-like conditions are on trac...

Taking into account inflation, property has performed badly in recent times.  See article by RP Data .  Brisbane is down about 17%.  Taking ...

At present, it seems that off-the-plan apartment developments are overpriced, and buying off the plan carries significant risks.  A series o...

The release yesterday of the RP Data and Rismark International October housing market results confirmed a 1.3 per cent rise across the comb...

A list of some recent reported apartment sales in Brisbane CBD area, since June 2013. Admiralty One - Apt 93, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, ...

" There’s only one aspect of this that’s in any way outrageous – and that is the way Australian developers and their marketers are pedd...

A new development at South Brisbane is in pre-sale, Soda Apartments .  Lifestyle video here . The building is 20 storeys, with 131 apartme...

At 65 Mary Street, Iglu Student Accommodation is planning to build a 23 storey building, with over 400 rooms (not really apartments).  It i...

Brisbane rental yields have increased dramatically over the past five years.  At least one commentator is suggesting that this means Brisba...

"Brisbane’s market continues to simmer as we look to the southern states and wonder why they are running so hot right about now. Our ...

Property Observer had a series of comments yesterday, as to whether there is a property bubble in Australia at present.  Queensland's ...

According to RP Data, rents for Brisbane apartments decreased by 1.5% over the past quarter.  From what I can tell, it is harder for landlor...

From an email from a PR consultant for a developer: I thought you might be interested in this sales update for Australand’s Watermarque p...

Sunland has cleared their site on the corner of Alice Street and Albert Street.  The old apartment building there has been demolished.  Sunl...

An article about Sydney off-the-plan apartments valuations coming in at settlement at 85% of the contract price. See Property Observer

Virtually every purchaser off-the-plan at The Oracle development (now branded Peppers) on the Gold Coast has lost money when reselling.   Se...

RP Data has published a report comparing apartment prices to house prices in certain suburbs.  In my view, it is not particularly helpful. ...

Some real estate agents are telling me that sale prices for Brisbane apartments are increasing, with apartments selling faster, particularly...