What town has the crown as the most expensive in Australia? 

  • By Peter Gordon
  • 14 May, 2019

Who would have thought that Byron Bay would one day take the title from Sydney as being the most expensive property market, by median house price, in Australia and the little town of Ballina be in the top 10?

Byron Bay may not be on our radar as an investment opportunity for people to invest, but Ballina has been on our radar since late 2018.  These markets have shown consistent capital growth over the last two decades and this trend looks set to continue due to unprecedented demand and limited supply of land.

The two major demographic shifts in the market that are pushing up demand in the region, are baby boomers and E-Changers. Years ago, all we heard about was Sea-Changers, looking to retire to the beach or the country. Baby Boomers and E-Changers and are peoples looking for quality areas to live where they can easily access capitals cities by car or by plane. They are drive in drive out or fly in fly out workers (and I’m not talking mining towns). Brisbane is just a two-hour drive from Ballina, a one hour flight to Sydney from Ballina airport, and not forgetting the Gold Coast international airport is a an hour drive.

E-Changers are choosing lifestyle regions for their family and working in their own businesses or working from home and perhaps commuting to capital cities 2-3 days per week. They are getting the best of both worlds. Due to this demographic change and very little land supply, Bryon Bay, Ballina and the Northern NSW Coast have increasing rental yields.

If you are interested to find out what’s hot about the region then contact the team at Investo Property.

By Peter Gordon April 26, 2023

Quiet simply, the Palms is the place to buy!

The northern beaches of Cairns is the Nation's best location for property investors right now, and The Palms is the premier development in this boom region.

It has the best location being elevated and backing onto the rainforest. It will have amazing facilities with a shopping village, a primary school, parks and green open space, a water park and an expanse of wildlife corridors.

It has taken the developers three years to get planning approval for this unique development to be able to hit the market. There are only 300 lots spread across 85 acres of the best land in The Northern Beaches.  Residents will have an abundance of open space right at their doorstep.  The Palms is also the only Certified Enviro Development project in Far North Queensland.

> Cairns Snapshot

By Peter Gordon April 20, 2023

Sydneysiders and Melburnians, put aside your equally outstanding flat whites for a moment. Stop bickering about whether great beaches beat cool laneways (they do) and desist from debating whether all baristas require waxed moustaches (ideally).

Because Brisbane is closing in on the title of Australia’s best city, and we must join forces to keep this subtropical upstart in its place.

Time  magazine recently named Brisvegas on its “World’s Greatest Places” list, and omitted our cities. It’s a huge shock (and who knew they still published Time  magazine?). But they might be onto something.

Time  points to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be hosted in the maroon metropolis. Brisbane will do a fine job, even though it’ll baffle the world when rugby league is added to the schedule and Queensland is allowed to field its own team.

Time’s  most radical claim is that Brisbane is worth visiting now, but tourism is surging. Not only did Lin-Manuel Miranda recently drop in to catch Hamilton , but hundreds of Hamilfans flew up to watch his interview with Leigh Sales (presumably unaware that it would subsequently arrive on iView for free).


By Peter Gordon April 6, 2023
This small duplex development just a short drive from Hervey Bay on Queensland’s beautiful Fraser Coast, offers an incredible lifestyle at an affordable price. With unprecedented demand and very limited supply, prices look set to skyrocket.

A leading local agent has appraised each side of these duplex's to be worth $665k on completion and rent for $495 per week. So that is massive potentail instant equity of up to $390K on completion, which is incredibly hard to find.
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