‘Higher than Melbourne’: Buyers priced out in Brisbane, Gold Coast
Brisbane and the Gold Coast are now among the hardest places in Australia to find affordable and liveable suburbs, with households earning less than $180,000 soon to be priced out.
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Building more homes is the only solution
Southeast Queensland’s housing crisis has intensified, with the region now facing a shortfall of 25,000 rental properties due to the fewer number of homes being approved.
Interest rate crunch: Qld’s worst-hit mortgage arrears zones
The number of homes over a month behind on their mortgage has spiked in Queensland’s most heavily populated areas, with interest rates yet to peak and another RBA decision looming today.
Residents outraged over controversial townhouse proposal
Residents of a busy suburb in Ipswich have expressed their concerns and fury at a proposal for 140 townhouses that will see land cleared and roads congested.
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Price slashed $200k: How to find heavily discounted properties right now
Prices are being slashed on properties in a number of Queensland suburbs, with discounts of up to $200,000 to be found for those willing to shop around.
Heavy hitters: Qld suburbs where prices surged 50 per cent in year
Fourteen Queensland towns and suburbs recorded eye-watering price growth above 50 per cent in the past year, with one small but mighty locale leading the charge. See the top performers.
Desperate QLD renters scammed out of $40k amid housing crisis
Hundreds of desperate Queensland renters have been targeted by scammers taking advantage of the state’s housing crisis, with authorities revealing just how much they have lost so far.
Inside Hugh Jackman’s new $30m penthouse
The Aussie megastar’s new luxury apartment in the Manhattan neighbourhood of Chelsea has jaw-dropping views of the New York City and the Hudson River. See inside.
Thing first-home buyers fear more than rejection
First there was FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) then came FOOP (Fear Of Overpaying), but it seems uninitiated buyers have another source of anxiety, according to new research.
Block contestant’s sledge at Shaynna
Shaynna Blaze made a polarising criticism of their house, and one contestant isn’t going to lie down and take it.
Miranda Kerr’s two-year wait for $208m compound
Supermodel Miranda Kerr and husband, Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, have finalised a whopping multimillion-dollar deal for their own LA estate across the street from the Playboy Mansion.
Construction feelers go out for $90m Brisbane industrial park
Construction tenders have gone out for a $90m industrial park in Brisbane’s west which is close to the finish line for development approval with the Brisbane City Council.
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