Qld’s fastest growing property hotspots revealed

The Sunshine Coast has topped the list of Queensland’s fastest growing regions over the past 20 years, according to new research by Propertyology. The popular beachside stretch north of Brisbane has seen its population increase by a whopping 70 per cent in two decades. The Gold Coast is not far behind, with 62 per cent […]

Waterfront Gold Coast Office Block Fetches $10m

A waterfront office block with its own pontoon has sold as Glitter Strip office vacancies sit at a 15-year low. The partners of Crest Accountants offloaded the three-level Broadbeach building to a property development company for $10.8 million, agents CBRE said. Located at 4 Miami Key in the Star Casino and Gold Coast Convention Centre […]

KTQ Puts Forward Luxe Kirra Apartments for Short Stays

South-east Queensland developer KTQ will bring a taste of luxury living to the southern end of the Gold Coast with a small number of its multimillion-dollar apartments open for short stay.  The 116-apartment first stage of the mixed-use Kirra Point precinct has been completed and residents have moved in.  About 30 of the apartments, however, […]

What price for a beach lifestyle? Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast smash records

Gold Coast house rents have sailed past Sydney’s to a record high $845 per week regardless of an affordability crisis, Australians are still paying a premium to live by the beach. Median weekly asking rents rose $45 (or 5.6 per cent) over the March quarter – which is almost $100 more than the average Sydneysider […]

City’s new ‘It’ suburb rivalling the beachfront

The leafy southern Gold Coast suburb of Elanora has surpassed its beachfront neighbours to become the city’s strongest performing house market. PropTrack’s quarterly home values report shows house prices in Elanora climbed $187,500 since last year, and $70,200 over the past three months alone, bringing annual growth to 17.5 per cent. A typical house in […]

Southport Spit $300m Superyacht Project Under Way

Luxurious sandcastles—the Gold Coast has seen more than a few built. But it has been a while since one grew up along the narrow strip dividing the ocean depths from the sheltered waters of the Southport Broadwater, north of Surfers Paradise. Within days, excavator buckets are expected to hit the sand as construction starts on […]

Tennis Courts Serve Up Gold Coast Infill Opportunities

Could it be game, set and match for tennis courts on the land-constrained Gold Coast? As the city’s need for densification to cater for population growth continues to rise, the days may be numbered for many of its lots set aside for racquet and fuzzy yellow ball slogfests. The standard tennis court spans a playing area of […]

Gold Coast ‘iconic trophy site’ trades in $8.5m mega deal

A foreign investor has splashed $8.5 million on an “iconic trophy site” on the northern Gold Coast. The huge 1570sq m point position property, at 1-3 Howard St, Runaway Bay, was marketed as a “once in a lifetime” buy with Jackson Paradise and Michael Willems, of Ray White Prestige Gold Coast. It included 75m of Broadwater […]