More properties to be auctioned on the Gold Coast this weekend than in any other state THE Gold Coast has pipped every state in Australia with more properties scheduled for auction in the beach town than anywhere. There are 164 auctions scheduled for the Gold Coast this week according to figures from CoreLogic RP Data. […]
ONE of the biggest banks in the country has picked Brisbane as the best city for capital growth this year, with Queensland also emerging as one of two states to see higher than average house price growth. The latest National Australia Bank Residential Property Index tipped Queensland and Victoria as most optimistic markets, with house […]
How did 2014 treat you? Well it all depends on which way you look at it. Sellers If you were a seller in 2014, you probably had a good year. Firstly, there was not as much property for sale so there were relatively high numbers of prospective purchasers at your home opens and auctions. According to […]
Queensland’s peak real estate body has challenged politicians to take on a trio of reforms that could supercharge the industry which currently provides 50,000 jobs across the state. Real Estate Institute of Queensland chief executive Antonia Mercorella said more needed to be done to strengthen the local real estate industry which contributed more than $8 […]
BURLEIGH’S eyesore looks set to be turned into an icon after the owners of the infamous Gold Coast Highway building put forward plans for a transformation. The dilapidated former medical centre will soon be demolished according to Burleigh Councillor Greg Betts. And there are preliminary plans to construct a 16-storey tower, shaped like a surfboard, […]
THE Gold Coast has reaffirmed its status as Queensland’s glitziest oceanfront region, narrowly edging out the Sunshine Coast. Four suburbs from each of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts figured in top ten lists of the priciest coastal regions for both houses and units. However, the Coast led both lists with Surfers Paradise recording the most […]
SURFERS Paradise has reclaimed the crown of the Gold Coast’s only million-dollar suburb. According to CoreLogic RP Data the median value for houses on the glitter strip was $958,888 for the year to August, 2013. Twelve months later that had improved by 5.4 per cent for a median of $1.01 million. The most expensive house […]
Queensland is the most affordable first homebuyer property market on the eastern seaboard, with the average first-time buyer couple needing to save for 3.8 years to raise a 20 per cent deposit to buy a house. This is lower than the national average of 4.1 years and the fourth shortest savings period of any state […]
I’m expecting the Queensland real estate market to be the one to watch in 2015, as it enjoys stronger market conditions in both Brisbane and regional centres. And funnily enough, it’s the red hot housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne that are helping to drive demand in the Queensland capital, along with lower interest rates. […]
DEVELOPERS Barry Morris and Graham Potts, who have embarked on six Gold Coast high-rises in the past nine years, are to continue a love affair with Broadbeach by building a 40-level tower in the heart of the suburb. They say the tower, Qube, will address a looming shortage of new high-rise apartments at Broadbeach in […]