June
With Brisbane’s house and unit values growing steadily over the last year, an increasing number of people have become interested in investing into the housing market, including new buyers & sellers as well as experienced investors, as 2021 Brisbane housing market demand has risen significantly. According to Corelogic, Brisbane dwelling values have grown in value […]
August
Market trends are important over the Covid 19 period as these help investors, home owners, buyers and sellers make import Property decisions. Attached is the recent report on Early Market Indicators from Corelogic
July
Eliza Owen 25 May 2020 CoreLogic has released its March Quarter Property Market & Economic Review, Eliza Owen Head of Research Australia provides insights around the state of housing before the onset of COVID-19 as well as an assessment of what is ahead. There are some reasons to be optimistic about Australian property in 2020, […]
February
Property prices should grow strongly in most Australian capital cities in 2020 and 2021. Following rapid property price rises at the end of 2019, prices have continued to rise this year. We’re forecasting Sydney and Melbourne prices to rise rapidly in 2020, but price growth should moderate in 2021. Brisbane should see strong house price […]
April
Multiplex Destination Brisbane Consortium has awarded preferred contractor status to Multiplex for the major construction works at the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Integrated Resort Development. The appointment follows a comprehensive tender process and represents a significant milestone in the delivery of the overall project where $3.6 billion will be invested into the CBD site. The works […]
April
Brisbane is like a car where the engine is revving but it can’t move forward because the handbrake is on. The city’s property market is poised for an up-cycle but, according to the generalised price data published in mainstream media, it’s not yet happening. The key point for investors, however, is that there are many […]
April
BRISBANE RENTS rise defying the national housing downturn, with Brisbane showing one of the biggest rises as it continues to buck the trend. The latest quarterly rent report from property researcher CoreLogic reveals rents increased 1 per cent around the country in the first three months of the year. Rents in the Queensland capital rose […]
March
By the year 2000, once we had all survived “Y2K” and the introduction of the GST, the Brisbane property landscape was readying to undergo a significant change. The 2000 Brisbane City Plan, which coincidentally was more than 2000 pages in length, was a 10-year vision to create a “liveable city”, which included protecting character homes […]
February
THERE has been a dramatic fall in foreign investment in Australia’s housing market, but demand for Queensland property remains steady. The latest Foreign Investment Review Board report reveals the value of approvals for foreign investment in residential real estate nationally fell $17.5 billion over the 2017/18 financial year to $12.5 billion. Queensland received 17 per […]
January
BRISBANE’S housing market is slowly giving the keys back to landlords, with new figures revealing the city recorded its strongest annual rise in rents in three years. After months of flat growth in rental properties, analysis of the latest CoreLogic data by realestate.com.au shows house rents increased 2.4 per cent in 2018, while the cost […]
January
IT will be remembered property 2019 the year Brisbane outshone the nation’s two biggest housing markets and defied a property downturn gripping other states. Home values in 2018 in the Queensland capital rose a steady 0.3 per cent at a time when they fell 5.8 per cent in Melbourne and 8.1 per cent in […]
January
Almost half of investors surveyed confessed that Brisbane is where they’d like to invest their hard earned money in the next year, with 50% saying that the Brisbane is on their radar. Melbourne was second, 36.3% of respondents rated it for 2021 – and more investors still have Sydney on their wish list. These results, […]
December
Brisbane’s housing market has been one of the most consistent performers of all capital cities, delivering sustainable median house price growth in the September quarter. The capital city is in good company, with the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast also achieving record annual median house prices, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland’s […]
December
ONE in five first-time landlords may have fallen into the property investment game by accident, according to a new survey. Are you one of them? ONE in five first-time landlords may have fallen into the property investment game by accident. New data from a leading quantity surveyor has revealed more than 20 per cent of […]
December
Where will our property markets be in 3 years That’s a question people are asking now that our real estate markets have moved to the next stage of the property cycle — one of slower growth in some areas and falling values in other locations. Well there’s good news for those interested in the […]
November
BRISBANE’S housing market is on the cusp of turning a corner after years of treading water, with 2019 set to put the Queensland capital “back on the map”. One of the city’s leading property analysts predicts next year will be a “gamechanger” for the residential sector, with rents set to rise, sales volumes to increase […]
November
While Brisbane house market remains affordable compared to Sydney and Melbourne, it is projected that its median house price will see one of the strongest growths once the oversupply in the unit is absorbed, according to The QBE Australian Housing Outlook 2018-2021. Over the four years to June 2016, median house price growth in Brisbane […]
October
It’s time for our monthly whip across Australia’s property markets. Yes, prices have fallen a little further. As you can see from the figures below, combined city capital dwelling values slipped a mere 2.7% over the last 12 months. This is hardly a ‘crash’, and the rate of decline is slower than in the previous property market downturn that occurred […]
October
Perhaps it’s the 24/7 news cycle, perhaps it’s because bad news sells or maybe we‘re just obsessed with talking about property, but there has been a lot of fearmongering about the softening of Sydney house prices in recent weeks. That’s because in many capital cities, house prices have fallen since this time last year. […]
October
BRISBANE’S impressive housing market recovery should be an example for other capital city property sectors struggling in the current downturn, one of the country’s biggest banks suggests. ANZ’s latest quarterly housing update reveals the bank’s economists expect home prices to rise modestly over the next two years in the Queensland capital, as population growth accelerates […]
