Property News & Insights

We’ve Done The Hard Work For You To Profit From Your Next Property Purchase.
Consider this scenario …
It’s 2012. An investor wants to invest $600,000 in residential real estate.
She’s considering two courses of action: buying in Sydney or buying in Darwin.
The Darwin market is booming. The market in Sydney is not (and has been poor for
many years).
What does the investor do? Her decision … Read the full post »

Fraser Coast Real Estate
The Fraser Coast region is located in the Wide Bay Burnett region of Queensland and is approximately 250 kilometres away from Brisbane CBD. The region is popular because of its amazing tourist attractions such as Fraser Island, Hervey Bay and the Great Barrier Reef. There is a little something for everyone with the beautiful coastline, gorgeous hinterland and breathtaking rainforests. With so many visitors and tourists that … Read the full post »

What a year 2017 was for our Fraser Coast Properties!
Some Highlights Of The Fraser Coast Property Report Saw Positive Markers In These Segments;

Strong population growth
Tourism industry
Affordable housing
$455 million – new solar farms
$87 million digital hospital
$300 million coal mine
$116 million shopping centre
expansion
Bruce Highway upgrade
… Read the full post »

A NEW building grant from the Fraser Coast council will soon help aspiring local homeowners take their first step into the market.

Media release

Fraser Coast Building Grant Program – 27 November, 2017

Low-income earners can gain a $10,000 grant from Council to enter the Fraser Coast housing market.

Council has launched the Fraser Coast Building Grant Program with funds from the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Program.

“Thanks to the federal government we’ve been … Read the full post »

Hervey Bay has been showing signs of elevated sales activity in its residential property
market over the past 12-18 months and is poised for a period of solid price growth.

Having been one of Queensland’s leading population growth regions for many years,
Hervey Bay attracted developers in large numbers and the result was an oversupply
of dwellings, … Read the full post »

Qld House Market Overview December 2016

The Queensland median house price increased from $460,000 to $467,375 over the quarter. With the exception of Rockhampton, Gladstone and Fraser Coast, most of the local government areas in Queensland reported a median house price increase over the December quarter.

Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton and Townsville have been the most affected areas and remain dependent on the mining industry to create economic development and to support … Read the full post »

Report author Terry Ryder, founder of hotspotting.com.au, has been researching and writing about real estate for the past 35 years. But in the 12 years he has been particularly studying hotspots and how they are created.

This has revealed that there are specific events or circumstances which create hotspots. We have grouped them into ten categories which we call Hotspot Core Categories. They’re … Read the full post »

Hervey Bay has been showing signs of elevated sales activity in its residential property market over the past 12-18 months and is poised for a period of solid price growth.

Having been one of Queensland’s leading population growth regions for many years, Hervey Bay attracted developers in large numbers and the result was an oversupply of dwellings, which suppressed capital growth from 2009 … Read the full post »

*Data courtesy of Herron Todd White and Core Logic
They say time flies when you’re having fun – and it’s hard to grasp another year is drawing to an end!

Since launching our new business Mitchell’s Realty Hervey Bay on the 5th of January 2016 we have proudly listed over 85 properties and placed 59 under contract!

We experienced some of the strongest buyer … Read the full post »