Posted by John Leeson
on 30 October 2014
Major infrastructure projects planned around Queensland lead a spate of compulsory property acquisitions and affected land owners are being warned to ensure they receive their full entitlements.
In one of the latest examples, Brisbane City Council announced in early October that it would resume 38 properties on Lytton Road as part of the Wynnum Road corridor upgrade.
Leeson Valuers Partner, John Leeson said owners of affected properties on Lytton Road would know about the acquisiti...
Posted by Tim Lawless, RPData - Research Blog
on 30 October 2014
Nationally, 58% of flats, units and apartments are owned by investors. That is quite an amazing statistic, especially when you compare that with detached houses where only 21% are investor owned.
Across the capital cities the proportions are even higher. Darwin tops the list with 70.6% of all units being rented followed by Brisbane where 70.2% of all units are rented.
The lowest proportion, 60.3% in Sydney, is still significant. I would presume Sydney’s proportion is probably ...
Posted by Bees Nees City Realty
on 16 October 2014
Once a year we get a look at some key stats on the changing face of Queensland’s rental marketplace when the Residential Tenancies Authority spits out their annual report. Holding every rental bond they’re in the best spot to observe the trends, so here’s some notes from this week’s report:
34% of Queensland’s private dwellings are rented, the highest proportion in the nation - there’s 513,415 rental homes in this state
The R...
Posted by Bees Nees City Realty
on 16 October 2014
Like all good explanations of real estate trends, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Brisbane’s inner-city is undergoing a surge in new apartment construction and, depending who you believe, we’re either about to be flooded with so many surplus dwellings that prices and rents will plummet – or residents from south of the border will blindly relocate to our city like moths to the lightbulb, filling our inner-suburbs to the brim.
Our agency’s an active ob...
Posted by Sydney Morning Herald
on 30 September 2014
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Posted by Rob Honeycombe, Bees Nees City Realty
on 30 September 2014
Posted by James Eyers, Fairfax Media Network
on 30 September 2014
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Posted by Rob Honeycombe, Bees Nees City Realty
on 30 September 2014
Posted by Michael Crawford, Residential Property Manager
on 23 September 2014
Posted by Cameron Kusher
on 17 September 2014
