Property analysts have tipped the heart of Queensland’s glitter strip to be among the top performing suburbs in the property market this year.
The latest quarterly report by Colliers International highlighted Surfers Paradise, Southport and Labrador as hot spots in 2010, with house and unit prices set to soar between seven and 10 per cent.
Helensvale, Varsity [...]

Queensland’s residential property market has shown its staying power over the June quarter with increasing sales and median house price growth in many areas.
After an uncertain year, the latest Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) median sales data shows a return to form for the State’s property market.
“We are cautiously optimistic that the worst is [...]

Further to today’s interest rate announcement that rates will remain steady for another month at 3%, the State Government last week revealed that more than 60% of the Gold Coast will be protected from development under the long-term plan for the region.
Infrastructure and Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009-2031, [...]

The Queensland unit and townhouse market has stayed resilient over the March quarter, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ).
The REIQ March quarter median unit and townhouse prices show not only steady prices in most areas but also modest increases in sales numbers.
Demand from first home buyers continues to underpin this segment of [...]

The Queensland Government is continuing to court first home buyers with a promise to abolish stamp duty for land worth up to $250,000.
Currently first home buyers with vacant land valued at up to $150,000 are exempt from the transfer tax but that will be increased to $250,000 from July 1.
There will also be concession for land worth [...]

Gold Coast Property News: June 20th, 2009
The Gold Coast’s southern beaches continue to attract luxury apartment buyers, with $3.245 million worth of property settling at one of the area’s premier developments, Kirra Surf, in the past month.
Buyers from across Australia have snapped up apartments during the latest sales run at the $95 million project, situated [...]

The Australian Government has announced changes for foreign persons purchasing property in Australia. The primary goal of these new Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) laws is to make sure that foreign investment in residential real estate increases the supply of dwellings and that it is not speculative in nature. The policy aims to direct foreign [...]

Gold Coast Bulletin – October 21st, 2008
SUNLAND Group has flaunted its financial strength yesterday emerging as the $28 million buyer of the residential and marina precinct at Royal Pines Resort.
It is the Q1 developer’s first Gold Coast property deal since last November and it has indicated further acquisitions are on the horizon.
The purchase comes as [...]

Gold Coast Bulletin – October 18th, 2008
THEY’RE from Russia and they’re packing much more than love.
Russian investors have embarked on a love affair with the Gold Coast and it looks like being a long-term relationship.
An international marketing group called Kontinent, which was launched on the Gold Coast last month, was set up specifically to market [...]

Gold Coast Bulletin – October 15th, 2008
SOARING rents are causing major pain for tenants trapped in a private rental crisis.
The Gold Coast is now Queensland’s most expensive place to rent a house.
The cost of renting a two-bedroom unit has jumped from $310 to $340 a week in the past year, a hike of 9.6 per [...]