Market Update: Open Home FOMO
Open homes are seeing line ups out the door and down the driveway with our local open homes seeing up to 70 groups coming along to check out some homes. The trend follows another month of median house price rises. Fueling the fire is: Record low interest rates. Surging confidence. Lack of stock. Re-entering of […]
#10 Top locations for good fortune and fertility
So where in Brissie do love and money reign supreme? If fertility is a sign of love (and let’s face it sometimes kids have the opposite effect on romance!) then our local neighbourhood is home to a lot of love nests. Stafford Heights is amongst Brissie’s top 5 suburbs with a fertility rate of 2.06, […]
#13 Scenic suburbs seeing skyrocketing search stats
But is the prospect of remote working from an idyllic location enough to lure buyers from window shopping on realestate.com.au to signing a contract? In some cases yes, while others are predicting the amenity of metropolitan life will prove too strong for others. Meanwhile, window shoppers continue to click up a frenzy with some south […]
Market Update: #4 reasons Brisbane’s Price growth will continue
A strong December quarter saw Brissie hit a median house price of $616,387 according to the December 2020 Domain House Price Report. Southern buyers seeking affordability and a sunny climate as well as continued low interest rates were driving demand, Domain reported. According to mortgage broker and author Stuart Wemyss there’s good reason to think […]
#6 Cheap Brissie ‘burbs 10km from the CBD
Brissie buyers don’t have to pay the earth for a slice of convenience within 10km to the city. You can pick up an urban home for a price tag that starts with a five – including in perennially popular suburbs here on the north side. Stats from the September 2020 quarter show Keperra – offering […]
Rental vacancy rates are getting tighter
At the same time last year, Brissie’s rental vacancy sat at 2.9 per cent, showing the number of vacant properties has reduced over the past 12 months, according SQM data. This is good news for landlords in need of a tenant. The news remains good for Brissie renters too with prices still relatively affordable. As […]
Market Update: Brissie rents hit record high
Houses saw a year-on-year increase of 3.7 per cent to a median of $425 and units saw an increase of 3.9 per cent to an increase of $400. This means across Brisbane, median rents are up by $15 a week compared to December 2019. Meanwhile the vacancy rates are down by one percentage point over […]
Home Builder Building Dreams
Over December 2020, a rush of buyers took advantage of the grant with the uptake doubling compared to the previous three months. The frenzy was recorded in the HIA New Home Sales report, HIA economist Angela Lillicrap said “This is the second strongest month of new home sales in the 20-year history of the survey, only exceeded […]
Brisbane’s top #20 school zones for price growth
The decision on which school to send your precious little ones – and not so little ones – is not always easy. There are many factors to consider, including whether you fall into the catchment zone for your young scholar’s preferred school. The battle for a family home within popular school catchment zones can see […]
Market Update: Brissie house values hit new record high
We knew the Brissie property market finished 2020 on a high note – and now we know just how high. It’s a record high in fact. “Brisbane housing values rose by 1.1 per cent over the month of December,” CoreLogic’s Head of Research, Tim Lawless told 9news.com.au. “In fact, Brisbane housing markets are now at […]
