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The 2025/26 Queensland budget was handed down on June 24 2025 and contains a range of significant wins for the property industry.
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Sales agents (and property managers) need to be aware of new entry restrictions that will impact the sale of tenanted properties from 1 May 2025.
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Queensland strata managers are handling millions of dollars without even a background check in what has been dubbed an "entirely unregulated" industry by its fo…
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A new house price record of $1.14 million has been set in the sleepy coastal Queensland town of Keppel Sands.
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Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has flagged a major overhaul of housing taxes – as industry warns he could ‘destabilise the property market’.
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Regional house prices are expected to hit record highs in all but one pocket of the country in the next year.
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A major budget announcement from the Queensland state government could help thousands of residents a year enter the property market.
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A small town where half of homes are under $350,000 and a suburb with a ridiculous 0.1 per cent vacancy rate are packing the ‘Holy Grail of property investment’…
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A Queensland builder owing almost $800k did one thing that left other workers infuriated, with one declaring “it boils my blood”.
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The NSW Supreme Court has appointed liquidators for the Gateway Marina at Burnett Heads.
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Queensland councils have called on the state government to allow them to increase charges on property developers.
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House prices have risen more than 80 per cent across the Wide Bay region since 2020, but experts say they're still comparatively cheap.
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