Brisbane Apartment

Mirvac is soliciting interest for the next stage of its Waterfront, Newstead project. See www.launch2014.com.au Often, I register on the...

From an REIQ press release yesterday concerning houses (not apartments): "The numbers of house sales across Queensland peaked at t...

Should I buy off-the-plan from a developer, or a resale apartment?  Warren Buffet has an interesting view in relation to IPOs and stocks, fr...

Pradella has started marketing a new development on the large parcel of land it has accumulated in West End.  This development is being prom...

I am often asked whether it is better to buy a new or resale apartment?  A new apartment can be unsold developer stock in a new building or ...

A video from RP Data regarding the Brisbane property market is here , presented by Tim Lawless.

From the HTW Month in Review for February 2014: " ...  Brisbane is often touted as the next most likely to move after Sydney and Mel...

Consolidated Properties has put 550 Queen Street up for sale.  It has frontages to Queen St, Ann St and Clark Lane.  The land has developmen...

The above information has been provided by RP Data.

From information provided by Aria: Botanica will be located in a prime location at 2-4 Edmondstone Street, South Brisbane which is op...

From Bees Nees : Worryingly, the general consensus was that the executive rental market has been hit by the slow down in the mining boom ...

"Rental rates continued to grow at a slower pace than dwelling values and further eroded rental yields across the capital cities. The m...

Based on recent apartment sales in the Brisbane CBD area (resales, not off the plan), it looks like the market is strengthening. Skyline ,...

The AFR on Thursday (30/01/14, p.38) had a full page story about Brisbane apartment developer, Aria .  Some highlights: Aria has sold 188 ...

The Brisbane property market is somewhat uncertain at present.  There are fewer apartments on the market, with most property owners deciding...

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...