Australian Property’s Trump Card
A massive electoral showdown in the USA is looming in November, with Donald Trump aiming to do his best to unseat the Democrats and take the reigns once again. If property searches are anything to go by, the uncertainty in the US is causing many people to look at other places to live. A surprising……Read More→
Brisbane’s Big Spring Selling Season Awaits!
Spring is traditionally a very busy time in real estate. As the weather warms, what does the market have in store for Brisbane in 2024?
Rates Held Steady, Are Cuts on the Horizon?
On the first Tuesday of every month, the RBA sits down for a meeting in which they decide what to do with the official interest rate. This month, they have kept it stable at 4.35%, a move that mirrors their decisions since November last year. It’s a welcome few months of stability after we saw…Read More→
Brisbane Property Closing in on a Gold Medal
The upward property price trajectory has continued according to data in the PropTrack Home Price Index just released for July. Capital cities in particular are performing well, except for Melbourne, which I want to talk about in a moment and discuss the effect this is having on Brisbane prices. Brisbane is sitting in silver medal…Read More→
Wishart Auction Breaks Records
Unprecedented. There’s no other word to describe the auction at 9 Mockingbird Court in Wishart. From the moment we started marketing this home, we knew it was going to be something special. Interest was off the hook, with our network of interstate and international buyers coming to the party in their droves. Most importantly, thanks…Read More→
The Importance of Targeting Chinese Buyers
If you’re selling a home in Brisbane or anywhere around Australia, you need a diversified sales and marketing strategy that caters to a wide group of buyers. The more buyers your real estate agent can get your listing in front of, the more chance you have of finding that perfect buyer willing to pay the…Read More→
Miles Government Pledges Review of Property Tax
State elections are coming our way in October, and as is to be expected the election promises are starting to come thick and fast. A recent one by the Deputy Premier, Treasurer, and Minister for Trade and Investment of the Queensland state government, Cameron Dick, may be well-intentioned but has a lot of people in…Read More→
Asian Property Investors Target Aussie Homes
Foreign investment into Australia is at an all-time high, with wealthy Asian buyers especially interested in splashing their cash on Australian property. In fact, Chinese buyers are the largest foreign buyers of real estate in Australia. The effect can be seen all up and down the East Coast and beyond, with real estate agents with…Read More→
Inner City Buyers are Out in Force
We just sold 7702/55 Forbes Street in West End, a three-bedroom, two-bathroom, double garage apartment spread over 275m2 of titled area. It was a short marketing window with a result we’re incredibly proud of! Read on to find out what we sold this beauty of a home for Before we get to that, some important…Read More→
The Federal Budget 2024 – What’s in it for Housing?
If you have even a fleeting industry in the property market, in fact in the economy as a whole, you’ll know that we have a housing crisis in Australia. Overseas migration resulted in a net annual gain of 518,000 people last year, and building approvals are at record lows (Only 2436 dwellings were approved for…Read More→
A Succesful Thornlands Auction
Another busy auction and another stellar real estate sale for The Henry Wong Team®, with 35 Angliss Circuit in Thornlands successfully going under the hammer recently. We’re proud of this one, because the whole process aligned with our holistic approach to helping sellers move on to the next stage in their lives. Plan Your Next…Read More→
Brisbane’s Best Primary NAPLAN Results
Another year means another opportunity to review how schools went on their NAPLAN tests for last year. In the video below I take a look at a Courier Mail resource where you can check out the NAPLAN results for all the schools around Queensland. For the video we investigated the top five primary schools. Have…Read More→
