Sunshine Coast a ‘Hub and Spoke’ Office Go-To
As Australian businesses plan for life beyond Covid, the office “hub and spoke” model is gaining traction. Under this scenario, a business may retain a city office location, augment it with a regional satellite office, and allow staff to work from home several days a week. In fact, news media is consistently reporting that many […]
Queensland’s Top Spot For Growth
If there’s one housing market in Queensland investors should keep an eye on, it would be the Sunshine Coast, according to a report from CBRE. The Sunshine Coast is emerging as Queensland’s strongest residential property market, outpacing Brisbane and Gold Coast. Over the year to June, the median house price in the region increased by […]
Noosa’s Most Expensive Homes in Hot Demand from Buyers Across the Globe
The COVID-19 storm has spawned a hurricane of home sales across some of the Sunshine Coast’s hottest tourist magnets as property punters report unprecedented buyer action from city-based sea-changers in search of a pandemic-free paradise. The rise of remote work and virtual inspections amid record low interest rates has further sparked the coastal migration with […]
Top 2 growing hotspots to get more bang for your buck
More and more Australians are working from home during the pandemic, which could pave the way for people to move out of cities, and take their jobs with them. Leaving cities for the regions isn’t new. In fact, over the last two census periods, there has been a growing trend in city dwellers making way […]
The property markets that are thriving because of Covid-19
The coronavirus crisis has ground Australia’s economy into a standstill, stifling property prices along the way – except for some particular regions that are, against all odds, doing better because of the pandemic. According to hotspotting.com.au founder and Ryder Property managing director Terry Ryder, there are multiple influencing factors behind why a property market might perform strongly […]
‘We love it’: Inside Rudd’s new $17 million mansion
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife Therese Rein have been revealed as the mystery buyers of former tennis player Pat Rafter’s home, which they purchased for a whopping $17 million back in May. The beachfront Sunshine Coast property boasts seven bedrooms, and was snapped up by Betty’s Burgers & Concrete Co founders David […]
The ‘better than expected’ Queensland property market
The Queensland property market has shown strong signs of growth and resilience during the first three months of the year, research has shown. Data collated by the REIQ has shown that regional Queensland led the way for growth in the sunshine state. Queensland certainly offers a mixed bag of results across this quarter, which was […]
Sunshine Coast’s stock levels remain extremely low HTW residential
Sunshine Coast’s stock levels continued to remain extremely low with no significant increase in property listings in April and May, according to the latest Herron Todd White (HTW) residential report. The valuation firm suggests in locations across the nation, the downtime delivered by isolation has spurned on owners looking to improve their assets through maintenance and upgrade. […]
Millennials Making Big Move to Regions
Regional Australia attracted more people than it lost to capital cities during the last census, reveals a new report, which also found Sydney lost more millennials to the regions than it gained between 2011 and 2016. Regional Australia Institute’s “Big Movers” report examines how Covid-19’s aftershocks may affect regional population trends, as a growing number […]
Noosa Heads apartment snapped up for a cool $14 million
The coronavirus panic spreading through financial markets doesn’t appear to have infected the rarified air of Noosa Heads’ absolute beachfront apartments. In fact, the man whose firm just smashed a sales record for the trendy strip by a cool few million dollars thinks plummeting shares could be adding to demand. A deep-pocketed buyer last week […]