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How will Brisbane 2032 impact the property market?

27 July 202127 July 2021Luke GrahamLeave a comment

On 21 July 2021, the International Olympic Committee formally awarded hosting rights to Brisbane and South-East Queensland for the 2032 games. There was little surprise to this announcement, with Brisbane and SEQ running unopposed for the 2032 games for quite some time. Nevertheless, the announcement was followed by celebrations across the Sunshine State and across Australia. Australians love our sport, and the Olympics are the pinnacle of international sporting events. Many Aussies who experienced the Sydney Olympics still regard it as one of the highlights of their life.

The most important lesson to learn as a property investor

20 July 202126 July 2021Gavin ChauLeave a comment

There is no new thing under the sun, but that we simply resurrect the old ones. ‘How do I forecast future cycles?’ You may ask. In order to forecast future cycles, the most important thing is to begin right, for if we have the right beginning, we will get the right ending.

Where are Australia’s future homes being built?

13 July 2021Luke GrahamLeave a comment

From June 2020 to April 2021, the number of detached houses approved for development each month nearly doubled from 8,347 to 15,134. A key driver of this was the HomeBuilder grant, as well as other stimulus offered up to keep the Australian economy buoyant during the pandemic. Approvals of attached dwellings (such as townhouses and apartments) haven’t seen the same radical upswing, which means the bulk of new housing supply is made up of houses.

FIRB report shows increased foreign investment in FY 2019-20

6 July 2021Luke GrahamLeave a comment

The Foreign Investment Review Board recently released their annual report. It shows that $17.1 billion of foreign investment over 7,056 transactions was approved in the 2019-20 financial year—the end of which included the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. These figures reflect a $2.3 billion increase on the previous financial year, but a decrease in the number of transactions. This means the average transaction size approved by FIRB increased from $1.97 million in FY 2018-19 to $2.42 million in FY 2019-20.

Don’t Buy for the Sake of Buying

29 June 202129 June 2021Roy AzziLeave a comment

With the market going from strength to strength, many people look at ‘opportunities’ in less desirable and non-research approved markets.

The Sunshine Coast: what you should know

22 June 2021Joshua MellickLeave a comment

The Sunshine Coast is in a severe undersupply.

Melbourne’s Vacancy Rate: Us and the Rest

14 June 202117 June 2021Helen MatsoukasLeave a comment

For us Melbournians, the past 17 months have played out like an amalgamation of the movie Contagion and Groundhog Day, but in a mini-series. A mini-series that really should have ended at season two, but for many opinionated reasons that I can’t share in under five minutes, continued to season four.

What’s going on with interest rates and housing prices?

8 June 2021Luke GrahamLeave a comment

Since the 2020 interest rate drops, speculation has arisen around how and when interest rates could return to an upward trajectory. We haven’t seen this from the RBA since November 2010, but with a cash rate of 0.1 percent, is there anywhere else for it to go?

Brisbane House and Land?

31 May 20211 June 2021Roy AzziLeave a comment

In very recent times, Brisbane has finally started delivering on its long-anticipated price growth. The market is stronger than I can remember, with median house prices in many suburbs increasing by over $100,000. If you are holding an investment property in Brisbane, I know it has been frustrating over the past couple of years. Trust me, I am personally invested in Brisbane and so are many of my colleagues. We are now about to experience our biggest uplift in recent times.

An update on the Footscray market

25 May 2021Luke GrahamLeave a comment

Back in 2014, our research team undertook a field trip to Melbourne in search of competitive markets which bucked the Melbournian trend of undersized and poorly designed homes. One market that stood out to us was Footscray—a suburb many locals overlooked because of its slower rate of gentrification.

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