Brisbane Apartment

This Blog is designed to provide information about buying or renting apartments in Brisbane, Australia. www.brisbane-apartment.com

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Time to Buy or Sell in Brisbane?

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A Brisbane real estate agent, Brad Munro from Position Property, has released a newsletter that states that the Brisbane market is booming. ...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

Metro 21, Recent Sales

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One of the better inner city apartment buildings is Metro 21.  It has a maximum of 4 apartments per floor, a sky garden, and no short term r...

Rents at Madison Heights, Bowen Hills

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Madison Heights at Bowen Hills has completed, and apartments are available for rent.  For a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment,  the listed rent is ...
Friday, March 21, 2014

UniSon by Mirvac at Newstead

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Mirvac has announced another apartment building in Newstead, called UniSon .  This will be located on the edge of the "Waterfront"...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Bees Nees - A real estate agent's view of the Brisbane property market

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" After a number of years of buyers being firmly in control, here's two telltales for us that we have a market on a new, more bal...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Gold Coast - Soul

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From Mantra: I am a representative of the Mantra Hotels Group, who have recently taken ownership of Sea Temple Surfers Paradise, under th...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Australian Interest Rates - Predication by Westpac

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From Westpac: • Westpac has revised its profile for the RBA cash rate in 2014. Previously we expected that rates would be reduced by 2...
Friday, March 14, 2014

A victory for miniature dachshund dog ‘Sebastian’ over the Committee

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It seems that Body Corporate Committee members are officiously and uncaringly trying to prevent apartment owners have pets, even though ther...
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Sunday, March 9, 2014

REIQ reports improving market for apartments in last quarter of 2013

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The median price of units and townhouses across South East Queensland grew over the December quarter, according to the Real Estate Institut...

Is Housing Market Slowing?

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From an RP Data press release: Mr Lawless said we will need to see further months of flat to negative movements before we can confidently ...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Florida Foreclosures

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It is interesting to see that in Florida, it is possible to buy a one bedroom apartment for less than $80,000, including whitegoods. 1)   ...
Friday, March 7, 2014

Rising Market

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Valuer, HTW, reports that both the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast apartment markets are currently "rising markets". See March 2014 ...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Soda Goes Soggy

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It has been reported recently that the Soda apartment development in South Brisbane did not receive development approval from the Council.  ...
Saturday, March 1, 2014

Admiralty One

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Apartment 59 in Admiralty Towers One sold at auction this week for $585,000.  It is a two bedroom apartment, in one of the best buildings i...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

The Next Stage of Waterfront Newstead

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Mirvac is soliciting interest for the next stage of its Waterfront, Newstead project. See www.launch2014.com.au Often, I register on the...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Housing Market in Qld strongest in years, says real estate agents

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

Warren Buffet's view of buying in the resale market

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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...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Another Pradella West End Development

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Pradella has started marketing a new development on the large parcel of land it has accumulated in West End.  This development is being prom...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

New or Resale?

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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 ...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Brisbane Update

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A video from RP Data regarding the Brisbane property market is here , presented by Tim Lawless.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

A valuer's view of Brisbane

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From the HTW Month in Review for February 2014: " ...  Brisbane is often touted as the next most likely to move after Sydney and Mel...
Saturday, February 8, 2014

550 Queen Street Potential Tower

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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...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Brisbane Apartment Market is picking up

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The above information has been provided by RP Data.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Botanica South Brisbane

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

Executive Rentals Drying Up in Brisbane?

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

Brisbane in Early Stage of Growth Cycle

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"Rental rates continued to grow at a slower pace than dwelling values and further eroded rental yields across the capital cities. The m...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Recent Brisbane City Apartment Sales

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Based on recent apartment sales in the Brisbane CBD area (resales, not off the plan), it looks like the market is strengthening. Skyline ,...
Saturday, February 1, 2014

Aria's South Brisbane Bet

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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 ...

Low Growth Conditions for Property?

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The Brisbane property market is somewhat uncertain at present.  There are fewer apartments on the market, with most property owners deciding...
Friday, January 31, 2014

Vacancy Rate Increases for inner Brisbane

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

Brisbane off the plan apartment prices expected to soften in 2015/2016

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In an article in Property Observer ,  BIS Shrapnel is forecasting further strengthening of the off the plan apartment market in Brisbane ove...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Walter Taylor Bridge

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An interesting article about the Walter Taylor Bridge at Indooroopilly, by a real estate agent, sent to me by a reader. See here
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Selling Your Apartment

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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...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Queensland Coastal Apartments - Capital Losses

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RP Data recently issued is "Coastal Housing Markets - December 2013" report. " Across the Sunshine Coast, median house valu...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Interstate Property Buyers

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The AFR had a story on page 3 on Wednesday this week: "Interstate property buyers see value in northern exposure."  Some extracts:...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

MRD Partners Book

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Investment advisory group MRD Partners from the Gold Coast. has a free book , Property Investing in the post-GFC World.  It is worth reading...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Are Auctions A Good Way to Sell Property?

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From a recent RP Data submission to the Queensland Government : We conducted some analysis of auction sales in each of these two States ...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Brisbane home prices increasing, but are still behind

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Brisbane Apartment Sales Up

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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...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

How long does it take for property to double in value?

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There is a common saying that Australian property double in value  every seven years.  RP Data's recent Pain-Gain report suggests that t...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Brisbane Apartment Capital Growth Summary - December 2013

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

RP Data December 2013 Report

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Highlights over the three months to December 2013 Best performing capital city: Sydney +4.1 per cent  Weakest performing capital city: Ca...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Pradella developments

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

Infinity Brisbane by Meriton

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

The Glass Factory Apartments in West End - Sold Out

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