The 15+ super property prodigies setting industry on fire
The Wide Bay and Burnett real estate scene is booming and we’ve found the younger real estate staff set to play a major part in the industry’s future. Meet them here.
The Wide Bay and Burnett real estate scene is booming and we’ve found the younger real estate staff set to play a major part in the industry’s future. Meet them here.
Plans to build an 18-storey Sheraton resort in Hervey Bay are up in the air with a conservation group fighting to stop it in its tracks, saying its excessive height will have a major impact on the environment.
A four-bedroom house would be bulldozed on a prime Pialba block which would be home to a new apartment complex should an application to the council be approved.
A landmark former hotel with a long history and a prominent location in the heart of Gympie is about to get a new lease of life.
Developers of a new residential ‘community’ to be built at Urraween say it will challenge the traditional model of over 50’s living and would be under construction ‘soon’.
The historic Carrollee Hotel in Kingaroy will undergo a major transformation, with ambitious upgrade plans approved by the South Burnett Regional Council. SEE THE PLANS.
Plans are progressing for a service station and drive-through on the recently upgraded Boundary Rd where the Possum Paradise site would be reimagined, should an application to council be approved. LATEST.
The Fraser Coast council has approved a makeover and extension of a grand old country hotel. SEE THE PLANS.
Eagle eyes have identified a cashed-up jetsetter after a Gulf Stream touchdown in a top tourist destination on Tuesday sparked rumours it wasn’t just anyBody on-board.
House prices across the five Wide Bay Burnett regional areas are still climbing as the state’s property market continues a run dubbed ‘impressive’ by one industry expert.
While much of Queensland’s housing market has cooled, the Wide Bay region is charging ahead with a robust increase in residential construction.
Public opinion appears to support a Sheraton Hotel at Hervey Bay, though some of those against it have nicknamed it the ‘foreshore eyesore’ as assumptions of an age divide appear in the debate.
Sydney’s swankiest apartment is back on the market, with a high-profile Luxe Listings agent dropped and the new team tasked with selling the six-bedroom unit spending $500,000 on staging.
The state government has announced a multimillion-dollar plan to redevelop and repurpose the old Tafe centre at Oakhurst, with planning already underway.
From local, state and federal politicians, to those who advocate on our behalf, as well as business leaders and everyday people doing extraordinary things, the Fraser Coast is home to many talented and influential people. But who is the most influential of them all this year?
Greener streets, more outdoor dining, pop-up events and prioritising pedestrians are among the key elements of a strategy to revitalise the Hervey Bay City Centre. Full details, photos here:
From “damning” building height breach controversy to passionate pleas for business-saving progress, the first clues on how a council will vote on a 21-storey luxury resort – the tallest north of Brisbane – can be revealed.
There are currently 25 Australian cities, including three state capitals, with a population of 50,000 or more and a median house price below $750,000. Three of those are in the Wide Bay. See the full list:
Two ambitious developments in rapidly growing Wide Bay cities are earmarked to play a major part in a multimillion-dollar over 50s housing pipeline along the east coast of Australia.
The Fraser Coast’s deputy mayor says councils across Queensland are “going broke” amid rising costs and rebutted his mayoral colleague’s claims of a 12.72 per cent rate rise.
Too many are holding on to a Hervey Bay that no longer exists with no regard for the consequences of toxic NIMBYism in a city where the wrong kind of growth already risks ruining paradise, writes Jessica Grewal.
A sprawling property with its own miniature theme park has hit the market for the same price as an average city home. SEE THE PICTURES:
An old motel on Hervey Bay’s esplanade will be demolished to make way for a modern “medium to high-rise” complex. DETAILS.
A pub-loving pair behind the restoration of multiple iconic Brisbane buildings has fallen in love with another riverside city, breathing life into three long-closed historic hotels – the oldest of which will open this weekend.
There are new fears Queensland graziers are reaching breaking point with revelations some are being charged more than $100,000 annually in rural rates from their local council.
From a controversial plan to help tackle the housing crisis to the realities of rate rises, the Fraser Coast’s newest councillor has reflected on her two months in the job and why she’s determined to prove integrity and politics can go hand-in-hand.
The transformation of a years-empty service station site at Hervey Bay’s most prominent intersection is underway as details of its new incarnation are revealed.
There is no shortage of business moguls across Wide Bay Burnett and they have property portfolios to match, some amassing more than a dozen titles. FULL LIST
The Queensland capital’s office market offers the best hope in the country for a recovery. But other markets could follow once capital returns.
Melbourne to Fraser Coast flight negotiations were cleared for takeoff and the future of two key Maryborough CBD sites led fierce debate in this week’s council meeting. VIDEOS, DETAILS.
The population of a quiet Gympie region township will get a major boost if a new subdivision proposal gets the green light.
High density living, a hotel or leading events centre could be on the cards with the search on for buyers keen to develop prime real estate in the heart of Hervey Bay.
In their heyday, they were popular local fixtures – stores, pubs, restaurants and places everybody knew about and loved. Read their history, the people behind them and where they are now.
The way Fraser Coast residents dine could be about to change forever as a petition launched by Bar Soma for the first parklet in the area gets the support of 900 people and other businesses.
From Glenwood to Hervey Bay the “priority projects” your rates will contribute to, and the council will call on State and Federal leaders to help fund in the next year, can be revealed.
A towering resort more than triple the height of anything built before on the Fraser Coast will feature 431 luxury-live in units and 108-plus hotel rooms if approved. DETAILS, PHOTOS
Construction company Hampton Home Builders have been put on ice by the industry watchdog, with their licence cancelled for being unable to meet financial requirements.
A Sicilian influenced restaurant with an in-house deli and serving up everything from seafood platters and pasta to lobster mornay is opening in an iconic beachfront building. VIDEO, PHOTOS.
From the “haunted” to historic, these Queensland watering holes within four hours of Brisbane not only come with colourful backstories but some cost less than a family home. FULL LIST.
Two cafes are cleaning up again this week – one for the seventh time in six months – after smash and grab thieves struck in the early hours of the morning, costing the businesses thousands of dollars.
A decades-old beachfront motel will be knocked down to make way for the latest upscale development in the Hervey Bay RSL Club’s ever-expanding property portfolio. PHOTOS.
The cost of buying a home in Bundaberg has risen higher than anywhere else in Queensland in the past year, and Hervey Bay is not far behind. See the latest figures:
On-edge landowners will wake on Friday to find Powerlink has changed its planned path for controversial transmission lines between two rural towns – and there’s winners and losers.
A regional Queensland city fears it will be stripped of its historic homes as a century-old landmark is readied for relocation interstate. VIDEO.
It’s the fight everyone is talking about. And while the world waits to see if it happens, take a look inside what may give Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg an edge in the ring.
Rising stars, stunning pools and bathrooms, and incredible houses and buildings have been singled out as the best of the best at the Wide Bay and Burnett Housing and Construction Awards. See all the projects that won and who built them:
The rich and famous aren’t afraid to splash cash in Noosa, as evidenced by the eye-watering prices the region’s 15 most expensive homes have fetched. See who sold and who owns them.
From the Fraser Coast hinterland to blocks in the centre of Maryborough and Hervey Bay, here are 15 of the cheapest blocks of land currently for sale in the region.
Cheap house blocks can still be found in Gympie and the broader region, with more than a dozen blocks on the market for less than $200,000. FULL LIST
They were once some of Queensland’s most affordable places to buy a home but record price growth has pushed many beyond reach, and soaring interest rates have failed to slow that growth.
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