Sunshine Coast remains top property market
In the Sunshine Coast statistical division, which incorporates the Sunshine Coast Council area as well as Noosa, the market slipped a small 0.3 per cent over the June quarter, from $561,500 in March to $560,000 in June.
The unit market also contracted in the June quarter, falling 4.9 per cent, from $410,000 in March to $390,000 in June.
Noosa continued leading the residential property market and based on the annual median sale price, Noosa has become the second-most expensive house and land market after Brisbane and the most expensive unit market in Queensland.
The annual median house and unit prices were $645,000 and $479,000 in the 12 months to June 2017.
The rental market is the strongest in Queensland, with high demand of rental properties and very low vacancy rates.
Similarly, the outlook of the sales market is positive and supported by economic fundamentals such as population growth.
The report shows prospects for the Sunshine Coast’s residential property market are positive and supported by a broad plank of infrastructure and development projects.
Although the volume of sales over the March quarter fell in the Sunshine Coast and Noosa areas, the region was also one of only four local government areas that also reported a fall in the number of property listings from the 12 months to May this year.
The most popular sale price for houses throughout the region sat between $500,000 and $750,000.
Market trends show characteristics of a market favouring vendors, with falling supply and increasing demand and also seeing a shortening of days on market from 54 days in May last year to 46 days in May this year and the second-smallest vendor discount, at just 3.7 per cent.
The Coast’s unit market sales fell over the June quarter, but the median sale price increased three per cent to $479,000, making it the most expensive unit market in the Queensland Market Monitor report.
REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella says Queensland’s southeast corner once again stood out as the ideal housing market, delivering steady, sustainable growth.
“There is no denying the consistency of greater Brisbane’s yearly median house price growth – we have grown steadily for about four years – which is proof that affordability combined with jobs and lifestyle are the recipe for a pretty close to perfect house market,” she says.
