Queensland residential property
Where houses with swimming pools are selling for under $1.5m
With summer temperatures rising, there’s no better way to cool off than a backyard pool – without completely breaking the bank.
- by Shona Hendley
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Mini-mansion sale smashes suburb record as buyers break budget
While the buyers had set a hard $1.8 million limit, the agent said the home ticked so many boxes they decided to offload a commercial property to get it.
- by Sarah Webb
‘$200,000 is the new $80,000’: Where even top earners can’t afford a house
Even high-income earners would be locked out of buying a house in many suburbs due to the double whammy of high property prices and high interest rates.
- by Elizabeth Redman
A new chapter for The Gables: Young couple pays $3.6m for historic Graceville home
A young Brisbane couple, with a toddler and a baby on the way, plan to spend millions more restoring one of the city’s iconic heritage homes.
- by Sarah Webb
The price of serenity: Young couple pays $1.89m for home in fierce 15-minute auction
The real estate agent said the pocket had become a magnet for families priced out of nearby hotspots such as Camp Hill and Coorparoo.
- by Sarah Webb
How far house prices have soared above fair value
Property prices would need to fall by double digits to be considered fair value for potential buyers – but would it ever happen?
- by Shona Hendley
Home in Yeronga flood zone fetches $1.6m while Kiwi buyer nabs heritage woolstore apartment
The five-bedroom Yeronga home was inundated in the 2022 floods, but that did not put off the buyers from Chelmer.
- by Sarah Webb
Family bags trophy home for $3,888,888 the night before auction
The buyers made sure the Indooroopilly house had a price containing plenty of figure 8s - the luckiest number in Chinese culture.
- by Sarah Webb
Our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a rammed-earth home that’s an escape from the rat race to bold architecture set in established gardens, these are our top picks.
- by Kate Farrelly
Sick of neighbours? House on a giant traffic island for sale
Ever heard of a house that fronts three streets and shares no boundaries with neighbours? Here’s one.
- by Orana Durney-Benson
Rare as hen’s teeth: House on Brisbane’s only private lake smashes reserve by $300k
The buyer saw the property for the first time just a couple of hours before the auction.
- by Sarah Webb
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