Brisbane Apartment

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

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Not out of the woods yet

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I was speaking with a U.S. homeowner recently who handed her keys back to the bank.  She bought a house in NY State about 5 years ago, subst...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

China Impact

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Four recent articles in the AFR are of interest in relation to the impact of China on Australian property. " Spike in approvals for f...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

McGrath's View of Brisbane

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Chief executive of McGrath Estate Agents and founder of the Australasian Real Estate Conference, John McGrath, said residential property in...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Values Fall!

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From an RP Data Press Release today: Dwelling values record first month-on-month fall since May 2013  For the first time in 12 ...

Half A Million

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Thank you to readers and contributors.  This blog has just passed 500,000 page views.  And that does not include page views from the predece...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Skyring Gasworks Newstead

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Tom Dooley (TDD) is launching their Skyring development at the Gasworks site in Newstead (30 Festival Place).  This area is a popular devel...

Place Apartment Report

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Place has published their " Current Market Report - Inner Brisbane Apartments - March Quarter 2014 ".  Link is here . The report...

Admiralty Towers One

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From a recent Ray White report by Colin Walsh: "Admiralty Towers 1 continues to be one of the Brisbane CBD's most sought after re...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Lazy Agents

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I always find it surprising that some agents work really hard, and others just fumble around.  I have been in the market to buy recently, an...
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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Small Apartments

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In today's AFR (Australian Financial Review), there is an article titled "Size rules could hurt apartment market".  The articl...
Sunday, May 4, 2014

Two Tier Property Market in Brisbane?

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Is there are two tier market in Brisbane for apartments?  Are Brisbane owners, investors and renters looking for one kind of apartment, but ...
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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Kangaroo Point new apartment developments

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If you want to buy an apartment off-the-plan at Kangaroo Point,  there are many options at present: Liberte , by Pradella Yungaba , by Au...

Gardens Riverside West End

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Pradella is advertising apartments in its Gardens West End development (which is located behind Flow and Waters Edge) at the following pri...

Proximity Hamilton

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Peloton is developing Proximity Hamilton .  This appears to be located at the back of the Portside development, and is not direct riverfron...

Basse South Brisbane

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A new development in South Brisbane, Basse , is being sold off-the-plan.  It is located at 14 Merivale Street.  The complex appears to have ...

April Index Results from RP Data

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Brisbane apartment prices (to 30 April 2014) : April 2014 - up 1.9% Quarter - up 1.4% Year on Year - up 2.8% Median price based on ...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Likely increased investor activity in Brisbane predicted

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From RP Data Press Release:  "Gross rental yields on a typical Melbourne house are sitting at 3.3 per cent and Sydney gross yields are...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

Urban Construct

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South Australian based Urban Construct has acquired more than $100 million in development sites in Brisbane.  They have development applicat...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Brothel in your building

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There is an interesting article in Domain regarding a Sydney apartment building that became home to a brothel.  In Brisbane, a number of in...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Vacancy Rate and Rents Fall in Brisbane

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Recent Press Release from REIQ: The majority of Queensland’s rental markets have returned to tighter conditions, according to the REIQ’s l...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Brisbane Apartment Prices Going Backwards

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Don't let real estate agents or the News Corporation press (including realestate.com.au) hoodwink you.  The Brisbane apartment market is...

Brisbane Shows Promise?

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From HTW's Month in Review : Brisbane’s revival continues and the ongoing confidence in property will be one key economic driver as t...
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.
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