Elizabeth Tilley

Add as a preferred source on Google Bad news for Aussie owners as clearance rates sink

Add as a preferred source on Google Bad news for Aussie owners as clearance rates sink

A centenarian has paid a record price to trade in his Gold Coast mansion for a swanky new beach house in one of the nation’s retirement hotspots.

Andrew Winter, John McGrath, Matt Bell, Peter Maloney and Terry Ryder each name the five suburbs they’d back for the next decade.

Home hunters hoping to replicate the property gains of the past decade are being urged to focus on fundamentals rather than chasing yesterday’s hotspots.

Add as a preferred source on Google When Michael and Carlene Duffy bought their forever home 17 years ago, it was a fire-ravaged mess they never imagined would be worth what it is today.

When Michael and Carlene Duffy bought their forever home 17 years ago, it was a fire-ravaged mess they never imagined would be worth what it is today.

Queensland’s property boom has minted millions in homeowner wealth, with house prices doubling in almost 1000 suburbs over the past decade.

Queensland homeowners who bought a decade ago have seen their wealth quadruple in some suburbs – yet experts warn the extraordinary boom is unlikely to repeat.

The Block’s Carlene and Michael Duffy have turned a fire-ravaged Tallebudgera wreck into a showpiece home as the suburb records 270 per cent price growth over a decade.