Gold Coast Mayor Proposes Allowing Bitcoin for Property Tax Payments
Mayor Tom Tate has said that it would send a positive signal to younger ratepayers. Rates in the Gold Coast region have increased by 4% this year, the highest in 10 years. Mayor Tate is interested in bringing in younger citizens, saying that cryptocurrencies would send a signal to this demographic. “Why can’t we pay […]
Gold Coast property market cools as auctions slow down, houses spend more time on market
A Gold Coast real estate agent says he has seen a shift in the region’s property market in recent weeks to the point of becoming a full-blown “buyers’ market” — in stark contrast to the past few years during the pandemic. “The changes have been quite dramatic, the power has definitely gone to the buyer since January,” Remax […]
Accor’s The Sebel brand arrives on the Gold Coast
Accor, the largest hotel operator in Australia, has opened its first The Sebel branded property on the Gold Coast with the opening of The Sebel Twin Towns Coolangatta today. Following an extensive transformation and rebrand of the ocean tower of Mantra Twin Towns Coolangatta, The Sebel Twin Towns Coolangatta sits alongside its sister property Mantra […]
Booming Gold Coast Comes Off The Boil, Projects Ditched
The Gold Coast’s high-rise apartment boom is rapidly coming off the boil with a rising number of projects being ditched as the city’s development sector takes a reality check. Sky-high construction costs and crippling labour shortages are putting the crunch on off-the-plan developments, which are being dumped before they get out of the ground in […]
Take a holiday at Mick Fanning’s Gold Coast beach house
WHAT would you pay to holiday at surfing legend Mick Fanning’s house? The three-time world champion is auctioning a five-night stay at his Gold Coast beach house at Bilinga with the money raised going to northern NSW flood victims. Property records reveal he paid $3.25 million for the beachfront block in 2011, before building the […]
Gold Coast real estate: Oldschool charm in Hope Island
THIS Queenslander property may look out of place in modern Hope Island but it’s turning heads for all the right reasons. The four-bedroom house exudes old charm class with all the characteristics of a Queenslander – a grand colonial entry, fretwork, traditional veranda, timber flooring and leafy established gardens. But far from old, it has […]