Every Australian capital city has its ups and downs when it comes to property investment.
But before you launch into investing in Brisbane, it’s worth doing your research and seeking expert advice.
That’s why we’ve developed these articles, for a more local perspective on what you’ve read about investment so far.
The trend in growth rates across the smaller capital cities was mixed with dwelling values across Brisbane continuing to inch higher. In Brisbane dwelling values continued the sustainable bid moderate pace of growth tracking 1.2 percent higher over the three months ending May 2017 to be 2.3% higher over the year. Like many cities, the growth…
I’ve been watching the Brisbane market closely this year, though I don’t always post that much on my blog page about it. Here are six ways in which the inner Brisbane apartment market is steadily adjusting. 1 – Mothballing Developers of apartment projects have found it increasingly tough to shift the last few units in…
Believe it or not, Brisbane now has a suburb with a median priced of $2million. According to CoreLogic the inner city blue chip suburb Teneriffe now has a median house price of $2.05m. Seventeen homes have sold in this tightly held suburb in the past year, pushing it’s median price up 7.9 per cent in the…
As a Brisbane investor myself, it has been a difficult 5 years watching both Sydney and Melbourne property prices take off, as I am sure it has been for many others. There is always the teasing headline every so often in the media and from experts that it is Brisbane’s time to shine and this…
One of the most popular types of articles for people looking to invest, is the arguments for and against property, shares or bonds and even leaving your money in the bank. While many like to quote the performance of the housing market vs the share market over the last 3, 5 or 10 years…
Monitoring of the data flows over the coming months will provide firm evidence as whether this latest housing market reading develops into a softening trend. Brisbane’s housing trend remains similar to previous months with mild growth recorded across Brisbane houses while the unit values slipped lower. House values have been rising by only 2.6% over…
In Brisbane, house values were 4.0% higher over the past twelve months compared with a 0.2% rise in unit values over the same period. Brisbane unit market isn’t showing the same level of capital gains with unit values, virtually holding steady over the past year with a growth rate of just 0.2%. Interstate migration has…
Walk Score measures the number of typical consumer destinations within walking distance of a dwelling, with scores ranging from 0 (car dependant) to 100 (most walkable). Recent overseas studies indicate that properties with above-average levels of walkability command a sale price, and weekly rent, over homes with average levels of walkability. Our study of…
There are about 1.66 million employed residents living in South East Queensland. This is 70% of the Queensland total. When breaking down where the actual jobs are across the south east corner of the state, we find that: 50% are in Brisbane 15% on the Gold Coast 7% on the Sunshine Coast 7% in Moreton…
Each fortnight I update my chart of the titles registry figures for Queensland, although I don’t post the results here all that often. When figures aren’t seasonally adjusted, it pays to be wary of drawing conclusions from individual weeks or months of data. After all how many times have new home sales figures “peaked” in…
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