Suburbs in Brisbane’s inner northwest have recorded increased land valuations of up to 27 per cent, figures from the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) show. While city suburbs including Spring Hill, New Farm, Bowen Hills and Herston largely remained unchanged, there were some increases of up to 30 per cent since the previous valuations. In the northwest areas, Mitchelton recorded an increase of 27 per cent, followed closely by Gaythorne (26 per cent), Upper Kedron (25 per cent), and Ferny Grove (24 per cent). Some of the largest land valuation increases in Brisbane, up to 50 per cent, were experienced by inner-city multi-residential unit properties. Read more.
Flagstone Estate Offers $10k Rebate & $25k Prize March 10, 2010
Flagstone Estate offers land for sale south of Brisbane down towards Jimboomba.
Flagstone Estate has land for sale brisbane
Flagstone are currently offering a $25,000 ‘Cash Bonus’ incentive for new customers plus a $10,000 rebate when you buy one of their “generous homesites surrounded by sweeping parks and beautiful bushland – just 45 minutes from Brisbane’s CBD and the Gold Coast.”
Competition ends 25 June 2010.
Prices tipped to rise in Brisbane rental market January 13, 2010
According to the Courier, Brisbane renters can expect price hikes this year. AGAIN. 
“Australian Property Monitors forecasts Brisbane median house rents will increase nearly $40 a week up to $400 a week by the end of the year. Brisbane’s median house rents will outstrip that of Melbourne if the forecasts are correct.”
That’s why we say it’s time to stop renting and buy land.
“No hope in hell” for QLD January 13, 2010
According to the Brisbane Times today, the Property Council of Queensland’s executive officer Steve Greenwood says there is “no hope in hell” of meeting the requirements of The South-East Queensland Regional Plan to build an extra 754,000 new homes across the 11 local government areas in the region by 2031. Read more.
$6.8m house trashed to make way for mega-mansion January 6, 2010
ONE is a millionaire’s mansion in Brisbane that apparently wasn’t even worth renovating, ending up in a pile of rubble.
The other is one of Queensland’s most expensive and exclusive homes that has gone on the market at Buderim on the Sunshine Coast after its American computer-whiz owner decided to call it quits after years of construction controversy.
Together, they are a testament to the booming elite property market in Queensland and the appeal of prime locations.
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