Construction is complete on the first building of Brookfield Residential Properties‘ luxury apartment project, Gallery House, on the Hamilton riverfront, with the second building on track for completion later this year. The $271 million dual-tower project comprises 315 premium apartments and penthouses and occupies an absolute waterfront position with uninterrupted views of the Brisbane River and…
The trending design terms you need to know
By now interior design enthusiasts are pretty accustomed to terms like industrialist, minimalist and ‘Scandi’, but what about ‘Japandi’, ‘Hygge’ and ‘Lagom’? According to Graham and Brown design and trend expert, Paula Taylor, these are the hot-ticket design terms of 2019, and they’re right up there with hybrid, eclectic and geometric when it comes to…
Why this spring selling season will be different
Spring is almost always peak selling season – sellers are keen to offload their homes, buyers are more active, the sun is out and gardens are blooming. What is apparent this year, is how quickly property market conditions have turned around. Prices are slowly starting to increase and we are looking at vastly different demand…
Developer almost recoups purchase costs with just two $7m sales
The final penthouse at The Oxlade has sold for $7 million – less than three years after the developer behind the project snapped up four vacant lots for $17.35 million. A render of the penthouse at The Oxlade. Supplied. It was bought by a local buyer, with the luxury development by the Seymour Group expected…
Brisbane real estate: Resilient but ‘significant’ price growth ahead
Brisbane has beaten its two biggest rivals to record house price growth at a time when the nation’s housing market was in the doldrums. The latest Real Estate Institute of Queensland Market Monitor, released today, shows the annual median house price for the Brisbane local government area rose 0.7% in the 12 months to June…
Brisbane is more likely to see a boom, writes Terry Ryder, than Sydney or Melbourne
Real estate is buzzing with questions about the so-called recovery in property markets. Is it real? Does it have legs? Is it a dead cat bounce? Before providing answers, we need to understand the questions, some of which show a chronic lack of understanding about real estate markets. The questions assume that what’s happening in…
