Outback worker scores $5.6m windfall 30 years after winning prize home

The unit block in coveted Mermaid Beach was the prize in the RSL Art Union’s first Golden Treasure draw. The winner of an entire block of units has struck it rich again, almost 30 years after his lucky break, as the beachside apartments sold under the hammer for $5.6m. Ross Rusling was working in remote […]

Aussie actor Brenton Thwaites lists his Currumbin pad

Aussie heart throb and Hollywood actor Brenton Thwaites is selling his Currumbin home. Photo: Instagram The beachside home of Hollywood actor and former Home and Away hunk Brenton Thwaites is about to hit the market. Records show Thwaites, who has three children with partner Chloe Pacey, bought the four-bedroom home on 734sq m block at […]

Sunland Group’s Soheil Abedian lists Lumiere penthouse for $4.9m

Lumiere penthouse in Labrador is on the market for offers of more than $4.9 million. Multimillionaire developer Soheil Abedian has canned the auction of his Broadwater penthouse and put it on the open market “priced to sell” at offers above $4.9 million. The apartment crowning the Lumiere Private Residences building at 230 Marine Parade, Labrador, […]

Suburbs poised to strike Olympic gold

The proposed satellite athletes village in Robina for the 2032 Olympics Game. THERE seems to be a light shining over Queensland at the moment, the southeast in particular. As our southern counterparts go in to round after round of Covid-19 lockdowns, for Queenslanders life is, comparatively, good. Our property market is even better, and last […]

Why I ditched McMansions to live in a designer cubby house

Custom-designed tiny home for sale at Benowa. A designer tiny home on a huge block in one of the Gold Coast’s fastest growing areas has hit the market. The custom-designed mini abode at 223 Benowa Rd, Benowa is marketed via Mark Stafford, of Ray White Burleigh Heads, with offers of more than $1.095m sought. It […]

Gold Coast House of the Year revealed

A canal-front mansion at 40 Knightsbridge Pde West, Sovereign Islands is 2021’s Gold Coast House of the Year. A sleek waterfront mansion in the multi-millionaire’s playground of Sovereign Islands has been named the Gold Coast’s House of the Year. Dubbed The Pinnacle, the commanding seven-bedroom residence in one of the city’s most exclusive enclaves took […]

Road to Olympics paved with gold for Coast investors

The Coast will host events at venues across the city, while the proposed satellite Athletes’ Village for the 2032 Olympics Games (pictured) is at Collyer Quays in Robina. Investors have a golden opportunity to reap the rewards of the Coast’s rising property market in the lead-up to the Brisbane Olympics. The 2032 host city announcement […]

Super-penthouse to crown Main Beach’s newest tower

Pearl is Raptis’s first offering for Main Beach and will have a 700sq m super-penthouse A 700sq m super-penthouse will be the crowning glory of a new $160 million tower called Pearl being constructed in Main Beach by longstanding Gold Coast developer Raptis. Featuring 360-degree views of the hinterland and ocean, its own private pool […]

Investors and owner-occupiers leap onto the booming Gold Coast market

While owner-occupiers are seeking downsizing alternatives in coastal areas, investors are returning to the Gold Coast in the wake of historically low rental vacancy rates. Ashwin Property director Tony Ashwin revealed increased yields, rising property prices and bullish forecasts have encouraged a return of investors to the Gold Coast market. Mr Ashwin suggested a notable cohort of […]