Hi Mel,

           I am an Electrical Contractor in Townsville and do a lot of pre-purchase inspections on houses etc…..Townsville has a very well balanced economy with a lot of Government agencies based here.The Army,Air Force and the Port and Mining Industries mean that wehave a  very stable economy and I deal with a lot of Southern Investors who seem to like the Growth and security that Townsville has.

           Burdell is an outlying suburb,but is situated on the Northern side of town which is experiencing massive growth.There is an older section of Burdell, which struggles a bit with price increases as opposed to the newer area.My parents actually purchased a property in the older area ,and after 10 years experienced very little growth….I am thinking that it may be worth checking out the property values in the newer area….Mt Low is about 5 klms up the road (further North) but is the passage way to Bushland Beach which is area of exceptional growth,so I am thinking that prices would be completely different…Oonoonba is a very old suburb of  Townsville,but is very close to the city centre.Many of the houses have been renovated there and it is very close To Fairfield Waters, which is a very new suburb and boosts many multimillion dollar proeprties….hope this helps,let me know if you would like any further information,cheers Brad…..can't help with info on Toowoomba sorry