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Nov 26, 2025

AFFORDABILITY HAS CHANGED, BRISBANE HAS CHANGED, AND OUR METRICS NEED TO CATCH UP

Affordability gets tossed around a lot, usually in neat soundbites or outdated ratios that were built for a very different Australia. The old three-times-income rule belonged to an era of single pay p

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Nov 17, 2025

THE FIVE PERCENT MIRAGE

Across Australia, more than five thousand buyers bought their homes last month with only a five percent deposit. On first glance, it looks like progress. More people entering the market. More happy ke

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Oct 29, 2025

VACANCY? WHAT VACANCY?

Australia’s rental shortage isn’t just a phase. It’s a structural failure - years in the making, Covid merely lit the match. Vacancy rates fell off a cliff in 2020 and never climbed back. The nationa

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Oct 16, 2025

HOW RISING RENTS ARE RESHAPING INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN SE QUEENSLAND

If you’ve tried to rent, lease or invest anywhere near Brisbane lately, you’ll know the story: demand is relentless, supply is thin, and tenants are moving faster than agents can list. For investors,

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Oct 2, 2025

SPRING’S SURGE: MOMENTUM OR MIRAGE

Spring has arrived, and with it, the market has gathered pace. Cotality’s latest Home Value Index recorded a 0.8% rise in September, the strongest monthly gain since October 2023. Over the quarter, na

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Sep 29, 2025

BRISBANE + THE OLYMPIC MYTH

There’s a particular kind of story that pops up every time a city gets the Olympic nod. It’s told with the same rhythm, the same glossy charts, the same breathless certainty: prices will skyrocket, su

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Sep 23, 2025

APARTMENT 307 AT ABIAN

Some stories in real estate are quiet little reminders of how quickly Brisbane can move. Apartment 307 at Abian, 140 Alice Street was purchased in February this year for $950,000. By September, it ha

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Aug 27, 2025

BRISBANE DOESN'T WAIT

Everyone talks about waiting. Waiting for the market to cool, waiting for the “right time,” waiting until things feel certain. But Brisbane has never been a city for waiting. She moves too quickly,