September 2026 · Issue #6
September 2026 · Issue #6
You’re more protected than the 2027 tax headline said.
The capital gains and negative gearing changes are now law — but the “valuation crunch” coverage skips the grandfathering. Anything held before 12 May 2026 keeps its negative gearing until you sell, and the old 50% discount still applies to every dollar of gain up to 1 July 2027.
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“Prices are falling” isn’t our story.
National values dipped for a fifth month — but Brisbane held steady and units kept rising. Locally the gap is wider still: Thornlands units and townhouses are up around 17% over the year, to a median near $762,500. A national average isn’t your street.
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Rents are cooling, not spiking.
Rent growth has eased to 5.7% and vacancies have edged up to about 1.9%. The predicted rent explosion from the 2027 tax changes hasn’t shown up — what’s actually moving rents is immigration and affordability, not the budget.
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More choice for buyers — how to still win.
Auction clearances have softened and Greater Brisbane listings are running well above a year ago. The homes selling right now get two things right: priced to meet the market on day one, and presented to stand out from the very first photo.
Read the full story →September 2026 · Issue #5
September 2026 · Issue #5
Spring doesn’t ease in around here.
Seven events in one month — Shoreline night markets, the IndigiScapes eco markets on Father’s Day eve, the Quandamooka Festival on Straddie, and RedFest’s 68th year closing out September. Your what’s-on guide, in date order.
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The lagoon is coming to Birkdale.
Council has released the full plans: a 62-hectare precinct with a 2,000m² lagoon, the Olympic whitewater centre, hotels, a zip-line and more, from mid-2027. What a destination precinct does to what the surrounding suburbs are worth to live in — and the one honest caveat inside.
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Good news from around the city.
A community breakfast that raised $19,000 for school chaplaincy, new exhibitions celebrating fishing culture and the written word, and a new way for residents to have their say. Three small stories that say a lot about this place.
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Getting your place spring-ready.
Two jobs this month — one protects your home, one protects your price. Bushfire prep for the bushland fringes, and the presentation that decides whether you make the shortlist when spring listings lift. Plus the free 36-point selling guide.
Read the full story →August 2026 · Issue #4
August 2026 · Issue #4
Last month this wasn’t our story. This month it is.
Brisbane values fell 0.6% in July, the second monthly fall running, and NAB called the turn here the most surprising trend in the country. The mechanism is supply, not panic — and it changes what a Redlands seller has to get right.
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A year ago the market caught up to an ambitious price. It won’t now.
Well-presented, sensibly priced homes around the bay are still finding their buyer. What’s changed is that “sensibly priced” now does real work — and a hopeful price no longer gets rescued by the market.
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A 20% fall was modelled. Nobody predicted it.
Cotality published four downturn scenarios — 5, 10, 15 and 20 per cent. A scenario is a what-if, not a forecast, and the difference matters. What actual forecasters are saying, and why timing the bottom is a game almost nobody wins.
Read the full story →August 2026 · Issue #3
August 2026 · Issue #3
National values keep falling — but the Redlands is not the national market.
Values across the five biggest capitals fell 1% in a month, led by Sydney and Melbourne. Why the two cities dragging that average down tell you very little about your street — and where the honest limits of that comfort are.
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Listings hit a seven-year high, and buyers got their leverage back.
Brisbane stock is up 38.3% on a year ago. My own campaign numbers: 84 enquiries, 24 who showed intent to inspect, five who registered. That gap is the market in three numbers.
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Negative gearing changes from July 2027 — and the exemption most reports leave out.
From 1 July 2027 negative gearing is limited to new builds and the CGT discount is replaced. But properties held at the 12 May 2026 announcement are exempt — a detail most of the coverage skips entirely.
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The RBA holds at 4.35% — what a second pause actually signals.
Two holds in a row, but no cut expected until well into 2027. This year’s rises already cut a median household’s borrowing power by around $53,000 — and that number is doing more to the local market than the rate itself.
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Advertised rents are up more than 50% since 2019.
Over $12,500 a year added for a typical tenant, with rents growing at close to double wage growth. Why falling values and rising rents are not the contradiction they look like.
Read the full story →August 2026 · Issue #2
August 2026 · Issue #2
Selling this spring? The real work starts now, not October.
Spring brings the most buyers of any season — and the most competition. Why the sellers who win are prepared and on-market before the October crowd.
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The quiet boom in Thornlands townhouses.
Thornlands units and townhouses jumped around 17% in a year to a median near $762,500 — outpacing many house markets. Why, and why so few ever hit the portals.
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The City Plan changes just cleared a big hurdle. Here’s where they’re at.
The block-splitting and dual-occupancy amendments have passed consultation and gone to the State — but they’re not law yet. What that means before you sell.
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Birkdale’s whitewater centre is now under construction — with a catch.
The 2032 Olympic venue is being built, but faces a fresh challenge and questions over its own sport. My honest read on what it does — and doesn’t — do for values.
Read the full story →July 2026 · Issue #1
July 2026 · Issue #1
That valuation letter you got? It’s a bigger deal than it looks.
Redlands land values just jumped 20% across 63,778 properties. What it means for your rates, your equity — and the number that letter doesn’t tell you.
Read the full story →July 2026 · Issue #1
Toondah Harbour: Walker walks. What now for Cleveland’s waterfront?
After 12 years and a $1.3 billion plan, the developer is out. Locals are pitching their own vision. Here’s what it means for property nearby.
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Is your block suddenly worth more? The City Plan changes, explained.
Minimum lots down to 300sqm in some zones, new dual-occupancy rules. Some ordinary Redlands blocks are about to become splittable — is yours one of them?
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The Olympics are officially coming to Birkdale. Here’s the property angle.
The Redland Whitewater Centre cleared its final federal hurdle in June. What a decade of Games-driven infrastructure means for Redlands values.
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