The Queensland Government has announced the companies that will build the transformational $5.4 billion Cross River Rail Project. The 10.2-kilometre rail line will run from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills, with a 5.9-kilometre twin tunnel under the Brisbane River and CBD, four new underground stations and upgrades to existing stations. Following a comprehensive evaluation process,…
Five New Bridges Underpin New Lord Mayor Schrinner’s Vision for Brisbane
Brisbane’s new Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner outlined his vision for a cleaner, greener and more active city – including five new green bridges – after his colleagues endorsed him to take over from long-serving Lord Mayor Graham Quirk. Cr Schrinner will become Brisbane’s 17th Lord Mayor – and one of the youngest ever – when…
Confidence Returning to Inner Brisbane Apartment Market
Brisbane’s apartment pipeline, which suffered throughout 2018, looks to have turned a corner thanks to the improving conditions which will bring the city’s apartment supply into balance. While property values are continuing to fall in many parts of Australia, Brisbane’s market seems to be steadily gaining pace — directly benefitting from Sydney and Melbourne’s…
Why Australia’s falling house prices don’t apply to Brisbane
Australia’s falling house prices do not apply to Brisbane, according to a leading property analyst, who has slammed the latest comparisons between now and the global financial crisis as “reckless and alarmist”. On Tuesday it was reported that prices dropped 5.1 per cent on average across the eight capital cities over the year to the…
Boom time for Qld house prices, analyst predicts
Queensland is on the cusp of a housing boom fueled by Sydney and Melbourne’s property woes, with a leading analyst predicting interstate migration to hit a record high by next year — putting upward pressure on home prices. New research by Place Advisory provided exclusively to The Courier-Mail forecasts gross interstate migration to the state could surge…
Migration fuels boom
New wave of southerners to lift property prices. Queensland real estate is on the cusp of a boom fueled by Sydney and Melbourne’s property woes, with a leading analyst predicting interstate migration to hit a record high by next year – putting upward pressure on home prices. Research by Place Advisory, provided exclusively to The…