Queensland Market Reports

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 September Market report

  As the state readies itself for the summer buying season, investors have to wonder if this year will again bring epic floods and if these waters will drown property values. The answer is somewhat surprising read more

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 August Market report

  International concern over Queensland’s environmental record and the effect it could have on tourism begs the question: is the state property market destined to become reliant solely on the mining sector? read more

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 July Market report

  The political cycle at both a state and federal level is having a material impact – good and bad – on Queensland’s less than buoyant housing market. read more

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 June Market report

  Southeast Queensland is Australia’s strongest population growth corridor, with Ipswich continuing to perform, parts of Brisbane looking primed for growth, and the Gold Coast still problematic. Queensland’s massive resources sector offers benefits to Brisbane and Mackay property as FIFO workers continue to spend where they live. Port capacity is key to industry, and cities with this facility and lifestyle appeal have bright futures. read more

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 May Market report

  The 2018 Commonwealth Games are raising a nagging question: is there an end in sight for Gold Coast’s property woes? read more

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 April Market report

  Different drivers pave the way for property price growth – or value slumps – in each submarket throughout Queensland, making it very difficult to forecast the road ahead read more

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 March Market report

  Queenslanders are nothing if not optimistic, with many industry pundits believing that the market has bottomed out – and, therefore, the only way is up. read more

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 February Market report

  Investors are back in Brisbane thanks to high yields and solid growth prospects read more

• QLD Excerpt from the 2013 January Market report

  The Brisbane market proved hard to peg down in 2012. Its exposure to the resources sector had a number of commentators expecting a reasonable level of upside to the economy; perhaps not to the extent of Perth and Darwin, but certainly on the same track. As it turned out, Brisbane remained quite flat, due to a number of factors offsetting the benefits of the resource exposure. read more