From mining towns to coastal enclaves and leafy city suburbs, there are 70 house and 36 unit locations across Queensland where house prices are cheaper now than they were a decade ago.
They have moved all over Australia with the RAAF, but this family have all but eliminated their mortgage after buying in this regional Queensland city. And its just minutes from the CBD.
Households in nearly 400 Queensland suburbs now need to earn more than $100,000 after tax a year to live and pay the mortgage, with affordability nationally the ‘worst on record’. SEARCH THE INTERACTIVE
Some of Australia’s richest people own properties in this prestige Brisbane suburb, which has a median sales price nudging $2 million. You won’t believe what you have to earn to live there.
Queensland’s crippling rental crisis has left vacancy rates below 1 per cent in a staggering 40 local government areas, with availability in one city shrinking to just 0.1 per cent, or effectively zero. SEE HOW BAD THINGS ARE IN YOUR REGION
VACANCY rates in Queensland remain at record lows, with one region’s rental market now almost non-existent. And the dire situation across the state is only expected to get worse.
An affordable seaside region in Brisbane’s north is tipped to boom this year – one of four Queensland locations named among Australia’s top 10 ‘best buys’ for 2022.
Finding a home before their son was born was a dream come true for one Brisbane couple, who looked at more than 60 properties before sealing the dealing on the Redcliffe Peninsula.
Australia’s Top 10 ‘best buys’ of 2022 have been revealed, with Queensland leading the pack. See the full list and reasons why.
The stairs are gone, the pigeons have moved in and the ‘state-of-the-art’ security system is the stuff of nightmares, but arguably Queensland’s ‘worst house’ is getting plenty of attention. VIDEO
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