Yearly Archives: 2019

Brisbane had a rough childhood. Queensland’s still youthful capital was born in 1824 as the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement — a supermax prison for the most hardened criminals in Australia.…

Construction on Brisbane's $3.6 billion Queen's Wharf development is well under way, with five levels of basement closing nearing ground level.The giant hole in the ground, which drops down 26…

Brisbane City Council has released new renderings of what Brisbane’s biggest park development in 50 years would look like after thousands of residents sent in their ideas.Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner announced…

Queensland will join the race to host the 2032 Olympic Games after premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed that cabinet had given the green light for the bid on Monday.State cabinet officially…

EXPERT OBSERVERWestpac now expects two rate cuts next year from the RBA with the cash rate cut to 0.25% in June 2020. Quantitative Easing is also expected to begin in…

Queen’s Wharf is changing from the basement levels up, with nine high speed tower cranes working to transform Brisbane’s skyline.     What does Queen’s Wharf Brisbane have in common with…

A surge of city-shaping projects shifting into higher gear is seeing the return of a towering flock of cranes to the Brisbane skyline.Crane numbers have been on a steady decline…

Record low interest rates and cheap credit could boost Brisbane home prices by up to seven per cent in one year, a new report reveals.SQM Research’s Housing Boom and Bust…

ABS data on new housing credit shows a rise in the value of home loan commitments, driven by owner-occupier lending.Since bottoming out in May, the value of new owner-occupier home…

Australia’s ultra-luxury residential market, largely unaffected by the impact of recent lending restrictions, has continued to record positive growth in the prestige sector of the market. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the…