Strap in folks! This is not the column I thought I would be writing. This year the market has jumped out of the gates and enquiry has exploded! We have had apartments where open-house attendees in November/December were two-four groups per week and now we are seeing 20-plus groups at the open houses! And it’s…
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Emily Hutchinson, Rent Specialist and Property Journalist First published 25 Jan 2023, 4:15pm Last week, the head tenant of a Sydney sharehouse admitted to subletting rooms for more than necessary in order to cover the cost of their own rent, serving as a cautionary tale. The anonymous post within a Facebook group gained a lot…
Cameron Kusher, Director of Economic Research First published 19 Jan 2023, 8:33am The national rental market remains tight, characterised by strong demand and low supply, resulting in properties leasing rapidly. While conditions are still tight, rental price growth slowed significantly over the final quarter of the year with no change nationally. Median advertised rents were…
Sophie Foster Updated 19 Jan 2023, 8:36am First published 19 Jan 2023, 1:00am New data shows the number of Brisbane homes for rent shrank by 17.8 per cent last year, with fresh analysis finding some areas absorbed as much as 14,000 new residents during the pandemic. The latest PropTrack Rental Report, out Thursday, found the rental…
Swapping the flip-flops for shoes has been a bit of a change this week. But what didn’t change, whether my toes were in the sand or on the bitumen, was people asking: “What do you think the market will do this year?” Trying to pick a market is usually a fruitless exercise. Instead consistency in…
Finally! Queenslanders have been gifted a colour of the year they can embrace wholeheartedly – A lighter shade of Maroon known as Viva Magenta. Here’s how to easily be on trend in your home. Undoubted colour specialists Pantone picked Viva Magenta as the colour of 2023, but unlike many others chosen over the years, this…
With 2022 now at least a few hours in the rear vision mirror it’s worth reflecting on just how much change was crammed into one year and which markets were the winners and losers. Some homes are always going to draw an auctino day crowd, like this brand new house at 6 Kenbury St, Bulimba…
What a year 2022 has been for Brisbane property owners. Looking back over the year we kissed our lockdowns goodbye, we opened the borders and we welcomed back our interstate brothers and sisters. When it comes to property, most of us are very affected by the herd. We buy when everyone else is buying and pause…
