Brisbane Apartment

From an REIQ press release that was issued today: Rental markets remain tight in southeast Queensland and the state’s major tourism centr...

Some recent sales in Admiralty Two, a tower on the Brisbane riverfront, at 501 Queen Street.  One of the better buildings in the city, which...

My advice to those considering buying in a high-rise apartment block in Brisbane -- don't buy off the plan and don't buy for two yea...

Pre-marketing has commenced for Brisbane Skytower, said to be the tallest residential tower in Brisbane when it is completed. It is being...

RSL Art Unions are giving away, in an art union, apartment 5304 in Soleil.  This is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, no balcony, at 83 sqm, l...

From Ray White CBD: "The third quarter has seen prices remain stable after the growth of the first two quarters on 2014. Fallin...

Chart from RP Data.  Brisbane market has under performed the combined capitals average since 2008.

RP Data has recently released its quarterly rental review .  It shows that Brisbane apartment rents are flat.  My sources tell me that rents...

This report suggests that Brisbane is the best place to invest in property at present. " Overall, it’s a decent set of numbers with ...

"In summary, it’s difficult to recommend pursuing an investment in either a serviced apartment or student accommodation. While they bot...

Opera , another apartment complex is South Brisbane, is being marketed off the plan. One bedrooms from $385,000 and two bedrooms from $580...

A new apartment development in Woolloongabba has been launched, called South City Square .  It is located on Logan Road. Over 1,000 apart...

A Meriton construction company is being sued by a body corporate for building defects. "BILLIONAIRE developer Harry Triguboff is at t...

There is often a debate whether it is best to buy shares or property.  My investment focus has been property.  When investing in shares, it ...

I can buy a two bedroom apartment in Brooklyn NYC for about the same price as a two bedroom apartment in Brisbane city.  See this listing f...

The AFR recently had an article on whether you are better off renting or buying property.  See article here . For many people, I believe t...

From RP Data: The RP Data Pain & Gain report is a quarterly assessment of realised gross profit and loss based on dwelling re-sales ov...

The High Court has unanimously held that listed developer Brookfield ­Multiplex, the builder of the $60 million Chelsea apartment tower in ­...

After it failed to sell the land,  Consolidated Properties has announced that it will be developing a 39 level tower at 550 Queen Street, ...

There are a large number of new apartments being marketed by developers in Brisbane at present.  Buyers beware!  Here is a list of just some...

There have been a number of articles this year regarding an oversupply of apartments in Brisbane, especially new high-rise in areas close to...

As previously reported , the government has released a "master plan" for South Brisbane. The plan has been widely criticised .  ...

Quay West is a great apartment building, overlooking the Botanical Gardens on Alice Street.  A one bedroom apartment in this building is ove...

The  Spice Apartments  development at South Brisbane is currently being sold off-the-plan.  According to the agents selling these apartments...

RP Data reports that the Brisbane property market has under performed the combined capitals average since 2008 but is gathering some mome...

RP Data reports the following: Mortgage demand has started to level recently The RP Data Mortgage Index (RMI) shows that mortgage dema...

It is reported that W Hotels will manage a new hotel that will soon be developed on part of the old State Courts site on George Street.  Th...

The Courier Mail has an article today about potential pain for rental property owners.  "A flood of new apartments being built in Brisb...

The Australian newspaper has a lift out regarding buying and investing in new apartments.  See ProjectApartment .

From the AFR on Friday, 5 September 2014, p. 17:  "Rising housing prices in Australia require monitoring by regulators but the risk pos...

Place has released its June quarter Inner Brisbane Apartment Report .  Place also has a property blog .

This is a good article by Yardney that sets out which types of investment properties to avoid.  I agree with his lists:   Know Which Propert...

Sunland (who developed Q1 and Circle on Cavill on the Gold Coast, and who is developing Abian in  Alice Street) has released pictures showin...

From RP Data's months report for August 2014: According to today’s results, with rental rates rising at a slower pace than dwelling va...

FKP's The Milton development is growing over Milton Station.  Workmen tell me you get a good view of the train line and the XXXX brewery...

Austin on Grey Street is almost fully built.  The rental campaign has started.  A 2 bed 1 bath apartment on a high floor with "breatht...

I recently came across an article from the NY Times from November 2013, discussing how Australians are investing in residential real estate ...

If you are thinking of buying in South Brisbane, you should first look at the Kurilpa Urban Renewal Master Plan, published by the Brisbane C...

If you engage a real estate agent to look after your property rental, the costs can be rather high compared with the service actually receiv...

Today's paper had a chart with the top rental yields for inner-city Brisbane.  All were apartments.  A summary of some of the data: S...

Looking at the number of views of this blog since 2007, December is the month with the lowest number of readers, year on year.  My guess is ...

The Brisbane inner city apartment market is somewhat strange at present.  Some points to note: I mentioned in a recent post that there wer...

A newspaper article by Matusik in the Courier Mail today reflected on potential changes to the Brisbane inner city apartment market: ...

I'm watching Australian property: Boom to Bust on   http://www.afr.com/videos/business/australian-property-boom-to-bust-xjbwt3bzqu973akn...

A recent Supreme Court of Queensland case shows that it is important to be precise when following contractual provisions.  A buyer and selle...