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Hi Zed, you'll do very well there,
Cheers
Clint
Prattman77 wrote:Hey Jane,I'd appreciate a copy too. Would you be able to send it to my profile address? Your profile says you are not accepting emails.
Thanks.
Me too, thanks.
onthehouse.com.au is great too, and its free!
I wouldn’t touch anything on the Gold Coast at the moment as it hasn’t reached bottom yet,
but Coomera is worth looking at in the future. In that price range you’re better off looking at inner city Brisbane.elisey wrote:Hi Powderfingers,Thanks for the reply.
How long does it take you to sell?
And do you do the staging yourself? or u lived in the house prior to sale?Had it on the market with an agent for a year, then deicded to try sell it ourselves and sold within 3 months,
had quite a few people through too. Didn’t do any advertising, just did open houses
and had it open all day on weekends,helps too if other properties in same street are doing advertised open houses,
to open at the same time as lookers will come through your place too, free advertising!We were living in the house prior to sale. Then when we sold our lawyer did up a contract
sent it to their lawyer, they signed an offer and away we went. It’s worth a try.I sold my house privately, in a slow market. Put up a for sale sign and did open houses on the weekends all day with an open house sign.
The buyer was driving around the neighbourhood saw the sign and came in. I’m not particularly good at negotiating, just had the place
looking very neat, showed them around and pointed out things without saying too much. Then took their details and negotiated by email
and saved $12 000 in commission. Helps to be professional, get a sign professionally made, have the house and yourself well presented,
not that hard at all.JT7 wrote:moxi10 wrote:Feasability study for Galilee Basin rail by Adani and QR National underway. And the media highlights commentators speculating that the resource boom is over. The mining companies don't think so. http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/queensland/rail-line-for-queenslands-gailee-baisin-mooted-with-feasibility-study-underway/2012070555410?utm_source=Property+Observer+List&utm_campaign=8c150268a8-July_6_20124_10_2012&utm_medium=emailYep…regarding these mining companies, and as Terry Ryder correctly says, it’s very much a case of watch what they do not what they say.
In relation to the current climate it’d be interesting to see where we’d be if we didn’t have this ridiculous government in Canberra! Campbell Newman looks like he’s a man on a mission….those Queenslanders are taking the federal government to the high court over the carbon tax on constitutional grounds. Gotta love those Queenslanders they’ve got some ticker!
JT7 they’re taking the fed govt to court over the mining tax, not the carbon tax aren’t they?
JT7 wrote:moxi10 wrote:Feasability study for Galilee Basin rail by Adani and QR National underway. And the media highlights commentators speculating that the resource boom is over. The mining companies don't think so. http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/queensland/rail-line-for-queenslands-gailee-baisin-mooted-with-feasibility-study-underway/2012070555410?utm_source=Property+Observer+List&utm_campaign=8c150268a8-July_6_20124_10_2012&utm_medium=emailYep…regarding these mining companies, and as Terry Ryder correctly says, it’s very much a case of watch what they do not what they say.
In relation to the current climate it’d be interesting to see where we’d be if we didn’t have this ridiculous government in Canberra! Campbell Newman looks like he’s a man on a mission….those Queenslanders are taking the federal government to the high court over the carbon tax on constitutional grounds. Gotta love those Queenslanders they’ve got some ticker!
JT7 they’re taking the fed govt to court over the mining tax, not the carbon tax aren’t they?
and some more recent Gladstone industry info:
http://www.gladstoneindustry.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Dev-Rev-Matrix-March-20121.pdf
I lost $100 000 a few years back on running a music festival,
because we were still hoping tickets would sell on the day, it felt
like we had lost it in one day when the realisation came at 6pm that there would be no more
people coming through the gates,
so know exactly how it feels!
Not a good feeling but it does wear off over time, it’s only money
and it teaches you a lot!Hi DM
I bought a new 3/2/2 hse there, not in an estate, settled in may and rented out straight away for 600pw. There has been a bit of a lull
there recently so prob a good time to buy, as thousands of workers are yet to move in there,
did you see these headlines the other day:I have a CQU report about gladstones future, which is independant and free of spruiking,
PM me your email address and i’ll send it to you,can go on forever about Gladstone but its all been already covered in depth on another property forum
so have a look,be aware some of those H & L packages are overpriced and not in the best locations, Eg. Hillclose is
a good estate and in a good location, have a look when you’re there.Cheers
ClintIf you’re talking new property Shaz a 3br H & L package would be a better option at about the same price, some available now for around 474k, if old I’d say a 3br townhouse would be a better option long term than 2 br unit but all depends on the right price, rental yield, location etc.
I can certainly recommend buying land and building, we bought land in qld while we were in england and had a house built before we came back.
It was no trouble at all and turned out well, just pick the right builder.
Hi Kaiah
We used to live near Noosa and then Bargara, near Bundaberg up until last year, but are working in England at the moment. Wish i was back there, but anyway!
House prices seem to be sky high on the Sunshine Coast compared to what they were and surely near the top of the market for now. So I reckon if you can`t find a bargain, look out for units or townhouse near the coast, or look a bit further north where there may still be some growth if you can find realistically priced properties.
In any case you will struggle to find positive cashflow properties.
You may need to be patient until you find what you are looking for, but keep looking.Hope this helps
ClintonCalron, you are advertising buddy so go to somersoft and try there, bye bye, see YA!
Thanks Rob, I thought the same but I will
make sure with the ato.Regards
ClintonIt depends what your requirements are, p&i is probably standard, but i/o suits if you want to keep your payments down and pay lump sums in the future when you can afford it, just make sure the loan is flexible.
Hi Rob,
I am currently in England and buying a property
in Queensland. So far I have done everything by fax, and will do internet bank transfers to pay deposits and complete settlement,The contract included a clause which stated the vendor and the buyers agree to accept the contract by way of facsimile.
We have a month till settlement but our solicitor
says it shouldn`t be a problem.I expect the original contract will be mailed over to us to sign in due course.
As for finance it will all be handled by our broker by way of fax, as long as you have an Australian bank account open it should be ok.
Hope this helps
Regards
ClintonThanks guys,
Brendon, I am just looking for some opinions,
we need a loan with not too many costs and fees because of the land price.Hi Mel
Thanks, will do!
Cheers
Clinton
