There is a lot of noise being bantered about regarding property investment of late. No surprises here given the pending federal election; the likelihood of a close result and the mooted investment property changes by the Labor Party. I don’t want to join the noise, but when I read or …
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I hope you had a relaxing Easter break. We typically have friends and relatives gathered around at our place. And this year, both adult daughters were visiting, and it was interesting to observe where we spent most of our time awake whilst at home. In short, the kitchen area and family/tv …
One of the things we do at www.projectadvice.com.au is review a new project’s asking prices and often suggest that they should be changed. There is some science behind what we do and often there isn’t enough ‘light and shade’ between individual prices, resulting in some product selling quickly and other stock remaining unsold. …
A property market’s condition – at its core – comes down to the interplay between two key elements – supply and demand. This missive looks at the new dwelling supply and demand trends for each of the Australian capital cities. Below are 8 charts which summarise the current state of play. How …
The Qld state government have just released a new data set for SEQ which represents the stock of approved and as-yet-unconstructed multiple dwellings. For example, where 30 townhouses were approved and 10 were constructed, the approval balance included in these results would be 20 dwellings. These dwellings would be counted as …
My business partner in Projectadvice.com.au, Paul Broad, and I have completed about a dozen project advice investigations since we pooled our resources in this space from August last year. Our latest work involved in-depth project positioning for a unique top-end apartment offering on the Gold Coast. Somewhat pioneering stuff. Our client …
A picture is often much better than words and below are two pictures that many have asked me to update. Matusik property clocks When choosing the relevant time, five factors come into play. These include: Existing housing market: the interplay between, and direction of, sales volumes and stock listed for …
This post outlines the current state of play when it comes to new housing supply across SEQ. This missive holds two charts plus a missive extra table at the end of the post. Chart 1 explained Chart 1 shows the interplay between housing demand and two measures of new dwelling supply …
This post outlines the current state of play when it comes to the SEQ land market. This missive holds two charts plus a missive extra table at the end of the post. A quick summary SEQ land sales have dropped sharply over the last 12 months. Yet land values continue to …
There is a lot of noise about the state of the SEQ housing market at present, with some claiming a pending boom, whilst others saying it is likely to remain tough. I am leaning towards the later. The aim of this missive is to help ground truth matters and provide …