Developers and apartment buyers have a narrowing window of opportunity before Brisbane's Olympic infrastructure pipeline begins competing directly with residential construction, pushing up costs, tightening labour supply and making new projects increasingly difficult to deliver.

While Brisbane's apartment market continues to benefit from strong population growth and limited housing supply, industry research suggests the years leading up to 2027 could prove to be the most important period for developers looking to secure builders and buyers hoping to purchase before the next wave of price increases.

A new Colliers report, Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Creating Solutions, highlights the scale of the challenge. While thousands of new homes are planned across South East Queensland, the Brisbane Olympic Athletes Village alone will deliver more than 10,500 beds during the Games before being converted into around 1,750 to 2,000 apartments. Equivalent to almost two years of typical inner-city apartment supply, the project will also absorb a significant share of the construction workforce and building materials.

The broader construction pipeline paints an even clearer picture.

Construction Skills Queensland's Horizon 2032 report forecasts Queensland's annual construction pipeline will average $69 billion over the coming years before peaking at $75 billion in 2027-28. Demand for construction workers is expected to increase by 17 per cent to almost 150,000 people, with the industry facing an annual shortfall of around 19,000 workers that could blow out to as many as 35,000 during the peak construction period.

The Olympic venues, athletes village and supporting infrastructure will account for billions of dollars worth of work across South East Queensland through to 2032, creating intense competition for labour at a time when Australia's residential construction sector is already under pressure.

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Colliers Queensland Residential Director Andrew Scriven said the convergence of these projects is creating a clear window of opportunity for both developers and buyers.

"From 2027 onwards, the market will shift dramatically," Scriven said.

"Labour will increasingly be locked into government-led infrastructure and Olympic projects, which means private residential developments will face higher costs and tighter margins. The developers who move now are the ones most likely to get projects off the ground."

Scriven said the same dynamic would also affect buyers, with fewer apartment projects expected to launch once construction capacity tightens.

"If you're looking to change your lifestyle over the next five years, now is your window of opportunity to buy."

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Developers are already positioning themselves ahead of that window.

Following the success of Monarch at Toowong, Consolidated Properties is preparing to launch two new Brisbane apartment projects in the second half of 2026. They include <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/gloriette-30-bedivere-street-yeerongpilly-qld-4105">Gloriette</a> at Yeerongpilly Green, a 25-storey tower within one of Brisbane's key Olympic precincts, and <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/castile-47-skyring-terrace-newstead-qld-4006">Castile</a>, a recently approved 25-storey riverfront development at 47 Skyring Terrace in Newstead.

Hutchinson Builders will deliver both projects, with early works already underway at Yeerongpilly and Newstead expected to commence later this year.

The timing comes as Brisbane's fundamentals continue to strengthen, with strong interstate migration, population growth and vacancy rates remaining below 1.5 per cent.

Colliers Queensland researcher Pragya Sharma said Greater Brisbane is forecast to require around 40,000 new apartments between 2021 and 2031.

"There's a real mismatch emerging between when housing is needed and when it will be feasible to build," Sharma said.

"As a result, the period leading up to 2027 presents a key window of opportunity for developers to secure approvals, funding and construction capacity, while buyers will have greater choice before supply constraints intensify."

Colliers research outlines a critical pre-2027 window to start residential projects before labour squeeze: now is the time to buy

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Developers, buyers on watch in South East Queensland ahead of construction crunch: Colliers

It's taken less than nine months for developer Sherpa Property Group to sell out all 51 apartments in its <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/flourish-oasis-palm-beach-7-9-sixth-avenue-palm-beach-qld-4221">Flourish Oasis</a> development in <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/palm-beach-qld-4221">Palm Beach</a>, over a year before its anticipated completion.

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Located at 7-9 Sixth Avenue, the $67 million development has resonated strongly with both local owner-occupiers and downsizers seeking high-quality apartments within walking distance of the beach, dining precincts and everyday amenities.

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Christie Leet, Founder of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sherpa-property-group">Sherpa Group</a>, said the sell-out reflected both the strength of the Palm Beach market and the success of Sherpa's community-first approach to development.

"The sell-out of Oasis is a fantastic outcome and reinforces the strong demand we're seeing for thoughtfully designed apartments in lifestyle locations," Leet said.

"From the outset, our vision was to create a development that genuinely enhanced the Palm Beach community while providing residents with exceptional homes and wellness-focused amenities.

"We've been incredibly encouraged by the level of local support throughout the campaign, 72.5 per cent of buyers are locals, with a significant proportion of purchasers choosing Oasis as their future home rather than an investment."

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Construction is now progressing following development approval, with trusted builder LPS Group delivering the project and completion anticipated in Q3 2027.

Oasis forms part of Sherpa Group's successful Flourish collection, which has become recognised for its focus on wellness, community and elevated coastal living.

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Residents will have private access to a rooftop amenity space featuring a pool, gym, sauna, steam room, hot and cold plunge pools, spa and barbecue facilities.

"The success of Oasis demonstrates that buyers continue to prioritise quality, location and lifestyle," Leet said.

"We are proud to have delivered a project that has resonated so strongly with the market and look forward to bringing Oasis to life for our future residents."

Sherpa recently launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/flourish-soleira-palm-beach-1150-1160-gold-coast-highway-palm-beach-qld-4221">Flourish Soleira</a>, its third instalment of the Flourish brand in Palm Beach following Flourish Oasis and <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/amargo-6-12-sixth-avenue-palm-beach-qld-4221">Flourish Amargo</a>.

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Sherpa sells out Flourish Oasis in booming Palm Beach

Urban Property Group's <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/la-vera-macquarie-park-94-talavera-road-macquarie-park-nsw-2113">La Vera</a> is leading the next phase of Macquarie Park's residential evolution, with the new apartment development set to become the first of several new apartment projects in the precinct to complete.

The 169-apartment building has now topped out ahead of its scheduled completion in the third quarter of 2026, as new residential investment continues to reshape one of Sydney's largest employment hubs into a true mixed-use precinct.

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Cox Architecture has designed La Vera to capture the best of its unique positioning on Talavera Road, orienting the building towards Lane Cove National Park.&nbsp;The building features a sculpted northern façade with flowing curves inspired by the surrounding landscape, while its city-facing elevation adopts a more structured architectural expression to maximise skyline views.

"The vision for the project was to conceive a building that adopted an organic and curvilinear form to the northern portion that faces the Lane Cove National Park," <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">Cox Architecture</a> Director Felipe Miranda said.

"The residents that reside in the northern portion of the building benefit by having beautifully crafted curved balconies that speak to the natural context and heighten the relationship of their internal living spaces to the external balconies."

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La Vera offers a diverse mix of one, two, three, and four-bedroom configurations, with prices currently starting from $740,000. Buyers so far have been a mix of Sydney-based investors,&nbsp;metro commuters, owner-occupiers and downsizers from surrounding North Shore suburbs.

Both investors and owner-occupiers have been drawn to La Vera's proximity to Macquarie University, Macquarie University Hospital, Macquarie Centre and the Sydney Metro, infrastructure that supports both strong rental demand and a convenient lifestyle for residents.

The apartments feature full-height glazing, timber flooring throughout living areas, stone kitchen benchtops, SMEG appliances, floor-to-ceiling bathroom tiling and ducted air conditioning.

Residents will have access to a rooftop recreation level featuring a swimming pool, sauna, barbecue facilities and landscaped relaxation areas, complemented by additional communal space at ground level. Many apartments enjoy uninterrupted views across Lane Cove National Park, reinforcing the project's connection to its natural setting.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a>, a family-owned developer and builder with nearly four decades of experience, holds a 4.5-star iCIRT rating and was Australia's first developer to introduce 10-Year Latent Defects Insurance (LDI). La Vera is the first apartment development in <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/macquarie-park-nsw-2113">Macquarie Park</a> approved to offer the additional insurance protection, alongside a five-year warranty on SMEG appliances.

Urban Property Group CEO Patrick Elias said the additional protection reflects changing buyer expectations in the off the plan market.

"Consumers are a lot more weary and a lot more concerned in buying off the plan than they ever have been. Having LDI is a tool to portray the confidence that we have in our product, and a confidence we want buyers to share," Elias said.

Following completion of the building later this year, buyers will move into their apartments well before Christmas.

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La Vera closes in on completion as Macquarie Park continues residential transformation

Brisbane developer Red &amp; Co's decision to include dual key apartments in its debut Gold Coast apartment development, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/como-varsity-lakes-22-lake-street-varsity-lakes-qld-4227">COMO Varsity Lakes</a>, is proving to be one of the project's biggest drawcards, with buyers quickly snapping up the flexible residences.

More than half of the project's 36 dual key apartments have already sold, helping drive COMO beyond the 50 per cent sold mark within the first month of launch.

The strong response highlights growing demand for apartment designs that can adapt to changing lifestyles, with buyers increasingly looking for homes that accommodate multi-generational living, provide rental income opportunities or simply offer greater flexibility over time.

Located on the shores of Lake Orr, COMO will deliver 156 apartments across 16 levels, with the dual-key residences forming a limited release within the broader development.

Each combines a primary two-bedroom apartment with a fully self-contained studio on a single title, connected by a shared foyer and lockable internal door. The design allows owners to house ageing parents, adult children or guests while maintaining privacy, or lease the secondary residence to generate additional income.

Just 17 of the original 36 dual key apartments remain available.

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The innovative configuration combines two fully self-contained residences on a single title, typically comprising a primary two-bedroom apartment alongside a separate studio residence, connected via a shared foyer and lockable internal door.&nbsp;

The model is proving particularly attractive to owner occupiers navigating changing family dynamics and the realities of the current housing crisis.&nbsp;

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/project-marketer/npa">NPA</a>&nbsp;CEO Andrew Erwin said dual key living was resonating strongly with modern buyers because it delivered both financial flexibility and practical lifestyle benefits.&nbsp;

“The housing crisis and rising cost of living are fundamentally changing how Australians think about home ownership,” Erwin said.&nbsp;

“Dual key apartments provide a genuine solution for families who want to stay connected while maintaining independence. Parents can help adult children save for a future home, ageing parents can remain nearby without moving into aged care, and owners still retain privacy and flexibility.

“Importantly, buyers are also recognising the financial advantages. It creates the opportunity to generate additional income from part of the home without the holding costs associated with owning a separate investment property.”&nbsp;

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Unlike traditional dual occupancy arrangements, the residences operate under a single title, meaning owners only incur one set of body corporate fees, council rates and holding costs.&nbsp;

The secondary residence can also evolve over time - functioning as guest accommodation, a home office, creative studio or private retreat before later becoming an income-producing asset.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/red-co">Red &amp; Co</a>&nbsp;Director and Co-Founder David Laverty said the strong early sales reflected growing buyer urgency and changing priorities within the market.&nbsp;

“Securing more than half of COMO’s residences within such a short timeframe is an outstanding result and a clear endorsement of both the design and location,” Laverty said.&nbsp;

“Buyers are responding to the combination of location, connectivity and amenity, but ultimately it’s value relative to other East Coast markets that is driving enquiry.”&nbsp;

“We’re also seeing strong interest from owner occupiers looking for homes that can adapt with them over time. Flexibility has become one of the most important considerations for buyers in today’s market.”&nbsp;

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/bda-architecture">BDA Architecture</a>, COMO features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom residences with 2.7-metre ceilings and larger-format floorplans aimed at owner occupiers, downsizers and lifestyle-focused buyers.&nbsp;

The development will feature an extensive rooftop recreation and wellness offering including a 25-metre lap pool, sundeck, barbecue and dining areas, gym, sauna, plunge baths, landscaped gardens, wellness spaces and rooftop pickleball and paddleball courts.

The remaining dual key apartments range from 137 sqm to 167 sqm and include generous three-bedroom layouts with separate self-contained studio accommodation and dual parking.&nbsp;

Erwin said the dual key concept represented a broader shift in how Australians would live in the future.

“People want homes that can evolve with their lives,” he said.&nbsp;

“A dual key apartment can suit a family today, support an ageing parent tomorrow, and potentially generate income later on. That adaptability is becoming incredibly valuable in the current environment.”

Prices currently range from $2,115,750 to $2,583,000.&nbsp;

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Inter-generational living drives demand for COMO’s dual key apartments as housing pressures reshape buyer priorities 

Builder-developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/ceerose">Ceerose</a> has doubled down on its Leichhardt ambitions, lodging its second State Significant Development Application (SSDA) in the suburb in the last six months.

Their newest proposal seeks to transform a former industrial precinct into a new residential community centred around the adaptive reuse of one of the site's heritage warehouse buildings.

The new project, on a 6,930 sqm block at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/40-76-william-street-leichhardt-nsw-2040">40–76 William Street</a>, will bring more than 200 apartments to a suburb that has seen little to no new supply in recent years. It follows Ceerose's late 2025 SSDA for a mixed-use apartment project on nearby Parramatta Road, signalling the developer's growing investment in Sydney's Inner West.

Ceerose Founder Edward Doueihi told Apartments.com.au the developer’s long-standing presence in Leichhardt and the Inner West had given it a strong understanding of how the area has evolved and where its future opportunities lie.

“Ceerose has had a long-standing presence in Leichhardt and the Inner West, giving us a unique understanding of the area’s evolution and future potential,” Doueihi said.

“Having delivered projects throughout the region, we have witnessed the suburb’s transformation first-hand and understand the opportunities for its continued growth.”

Doueihi said that understanding also informed the planning process, with a comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Outcomes Report prepared before the application was lodged.

The report identified the key issues and concerns raised by neighbouring residents and other stakeholders, allowing those matters to be considered and incorporated into the design where appropriate.

He said the delivery of additional housing would also play an important role in supporting the revitalisation of Norton Street and the Italian Forum.

“By increasing the local residential population, the development is expected to strengthen demand for local businesses, encourage further investment, and help restore the vibrancy that made the precinct a thriving destination in the early 2000s.”

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/woods-bagot">Woods Bagot</a>, the redevelopment would involve the demolition of four existing industrial buildings while retaining and adaptively reusing the site's most significant warehouse. The retained structure would anchor a new residential precinct comprising five interconnected buildings arranged around a large central landscaped courtyard, with heights stepping from five storeys along the surrounding residential streets to 11 storeys at the William Street corner.

According to the Architecture Design Report by Woods Bagot, the proposal "seeks to create a residential village centred around a generous green heart while celebrating the site's industrial heritage through the adaptive reuse of the existing warehouse building."

The development would comprise 203 apartments, with 188 proposed as build-to-sell residences, alongside 15 affordable housing apartments.

Rather than treating the retained warehouse as a standalone heritage object, Woods Bagot has sought to weave the site's industrial history throughout the masterplan. The proposal retains the north and west facades of the landmark corner warehouse, while new buildings reinterpret the site's brick-and-steel industrial language through their material palette and architectural expression.

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The design is organised around what Woods Bagot describes as a "green heart", a landscaped communal open space that reinstates the leafy character removed when the site became an industrial storage facility. A new pedestrian laneway running through the site would improve permeability between William, North and Francis streets, linking residents through landscaped public spaces while activating the ground plane.

Residents would have access to communal gardens and shared recreation areas distributed throughout the development. Sustainability has also been prioritised, with the project targeting an average 7.9-star NatHERS rating. Proposed initiatives include rooftop solar generation, rainwater harvesting, passive solar design, naturally ventilated lobbies, extensive cross-ventilation and the reuse of existing building fabric to reduce embodied carbon.

The adaptive reuse strategy became a defining feature of the application after heritage investigations found only one of the site's industrial buildings could feasibly be retained. The Heritage Impact Statement concludes that preserving the key warehouse façades while referencing the site's industrial character throughout the new development provides an appropriate balance between renewal and conservation.

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"Retention and adaptation of the site buildings has been explored but found not to be feasible except for the tallest building, whose street facades will be retained," the heritage report states.

"The proposed building will interpret the brick and steel character of the subject site, including reuse of some components and construction of a large 'sawtooth' structure in the proposed open space."

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The William Street site is located around 300 metres from Leichhardt North Light Rail station and a short walk to Norton Street's retail, dining and hospitality precinct. The surrounding area has increasingly become a focus for urban renewal given its proximity to public transport and the Parramatta Road corridor.

Doueihi founded Ceerose in 1998 and has grown the business to become one of Sydney's more active apartment developers in recent years, with completed projects including The Alex Collective in Alexandria, Abbie's Lane in Annandale, and the award-winning Munro House in Elizabeth Bay. They are currently delivering Belgravia, 17 luxury apartments in Potts Point.

First look: Ceerose doubles down in Leichhardt with adaptive reuse of former warehouse site

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MissChu founder Nahji Chu's business went into Korda Mentha administration before Christmas, owing creditors around $4 million.
Now Slattery Auctions &amp; Valuations has the 2013 luxury boat from the business for Rushcutters Bay <a href="https://www.slatteryauctions.com.au/product/1935/770868/Boat_Auction/2013_CHRIS_CRAFT_LAUNCH_25_PLEASURE_CRAFT.__HIN:US-CCBLJ17E213.__LENGTH:_25FT_6_" target="_blank">auction on 19 March</a>, obviously the most disposable item to the restaurant business.
It is no longer <a href="https://www.misschu.com.au/Locations/SydneyHarbourBoat" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.3em;">boating around Sydney Harbour</a>.
Chu had been a fan of Garry White's floating coffee vendor that takes Vittoria coffee to boat owners and sailors, as well as a juice vendor called Tristan.
"I thought the Harbour could really use some Vietnamese food so I launched a speedboat service where people book online and pay for delivery," <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.urbanwalkabout.com/sydney/blog/post/4051" target="_blank">she told the urban walkabout blog</a>.
"The super yachts love it when I rock up on my speedboat and hand over a bag of food.
"For me, living in Sydney and being a former refugee made me feel as if I should own a boat.
"If you’re going to keep calling me a boat person, I’m going to take that literally!"
The Chris Craft boat with beige leather upholstery has been tipped to fetch about $100,000, but that is based on the $97,000 owing on it. 
Creditors have been told the envisaged rollout of Double Bay and Balmian stores has been halted.
There was also continued disputation regarding the Opera Kitchen premises.
 
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MissChu's Sydney Harbour boat up for auction

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The two level Bondi penthouse of Sydney accountant Anthony Bell has been sold pre-auction for about $7.3 million.
The Bell Partners chief fell short of the $7.725 million paid in 2006, but the result for the near <a href="https://media.mcgrath.com.au/webimages/properties/0/2/4/5/4/7/8/A00FDF13-D396-18A4-F052F12CD48F5507.pdf" target="_blank">400 square metre apartment</a> was above the $6.5 million-plus Bethwyn Richards, McGrath Estate Agents guidance.
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Bell also owns the adjoining, north-facing penthouse.
Bell and his wife, former Getaway presenter Kelly Landry, reside at their $12.5 million waterfront home bought in Watsons Bay in 2013.
The Bondi apartments were offered off the plan in 2006 by the developer Allen Linz of Rebel Property Group and Eduard Litver of Capitel Group. 
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Accountant Anthony Bell sells Bondi Beach penthouse

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Los Angeles based landscape designer and occasional reality TV host Jamie Durie has adjusted the price expectations on his hillside Bilgola, Sydney trophy home.
No price guidance was being given on its early September marketing, but there were reported ambitious $4.4 million plus record hopes ahead of its postponed December auction.
There are now official $3.75 million plus hopes.<a href="https://www.domain.com.au/property/for-sale/house/nsw/bilgola-plateau/?adid=2011418712" target="_blank"> </a>
The 614 square metre holding was bought in 2003 for $1.3 million, with architect Walter Barda then commissioned to build the four-bedroom residence.
It comes with gym, pool, sauna, rooftop deck and yoga room overlooking the beach, designed to look like a whale. An observation deck is the shape of a whale stomach, with the zinc roof in the style of a whale’s tail.
Advertised as Avalon Beach, Bill Eames, of LJ Hooker Avalon has the<a href="https://avalon.ljhooker.com.au/CJRF58" target="_blank"> 3 Plateau Road, Bilgola</a> private treaty listing with Christies International agent Ken Jacobs.
It is too big as a bolt hole for the constantly travelling Durie, who intends to downsize in Sydney after its sale.
 
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Jamie Durie drops his price on Bilgola trophy home

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Retired racing car champion Mark Skaife and wife, Toni, have sold their Toorak family home.
<a href="https://www.138kooyongroad-toorak.com/gallery/" target="_blank">The Kooyong Road</a> sale price has not been revealed after the weekend RT Edgar auction.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-toorak-105704479" target="_blank">It was bought in 2009 for $2.93 million</a> in Toni's name.
The six-time Bathurst 1000 champion’s home was passed in at $3.9 million, then sold after its weekend auction.
Two buyers took part in the sluggish bidding before the underbidder struck a deal, the Herald Sun noted.
They previously lived in another Toorak home, an apartment which was sold around 2007.
Skaife was a five time champion of the V8 Supercar Series.
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Mark Skaife sells in Toorak

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Perhaps not the best time to list any soaking wet Queensland beach shack last weekend.
The Palm Beach, Queensland home of Townsville-bound country singer Adam Brand has been listed for 10 March auction.
The 1970s 36 First Avenue home was bought by Brand in November 2012 for $400,000 and then renovated.
"All just a few hundred metres from those glistening sandy beaches," the marketing advise.
Brand, who also owns two Queensland restaurants, was dubbed a "jet setting singer/ song writer with plenty more plans on the horizon", according to the <a href="https://raywhitecoolangatta.com.au/qld/palm-beach/1264929/" target="_blank">Ray White marketing by agent Tom Collingwood</a>.
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Singer Adam Brand lists Gold Coast beach shack

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Chef Pete Evans recently spent $1.2 million on a 10 hectare Round Mountain acreage near Pottsville in northern NSW.
The My Kitchen Rules celebrity chef is rumoured to have bought the property through P. Evans Property Pty Ltd, which News Ltd says is associated with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Evans" target="_blank">Peter Daryl Evans</a>.
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Inland from Hastings Point, the comprises two residences, a two bedroom granny flat and comes with three dams.
It sold through Vanessa Rhodes of Raine &amp; Horne Pottsville.
It was listed in late 2013 at $1,299,000.
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Chef Pete Evans buys Round Mountain, Pottsville acreage

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Gold Logie award-winning television personality and comedian Denise Drysdale secured $870,000 for her Neerim North, Gippsland retreat, which failed to sell on its initial 2012 listing. 
Daffodill Hill sold ahead of its scheduled late 2014 auction. This week in her role as lifestyle coach, Denise "Ding Dong" Drysdale is <a href="https://www.slf.org.au/event/the-new-joneses-house/" target="_blank">promoting </a><a href="https://www.slf.org.au/event/the-new-joneses-house/" target="_blank">Australia’s first carbon positive pop-up home</a> in Melbourne's City Square.
Fronting for the 16th annual Sustainable Living Festival, Drysdale – who recently downsized to pursue the simple life herself – says it is important the human race adopt a lighter footprint.
It seems Drysdale hasn't yet embarked on an envisaged sea-change, with her previously stated desired nomadic search for warmer weather.
She signalled we'd be seeing her head north in her car until she found the right place to set up her new home.
Drysdale once moved to Merimbula but found it too cold in winter, so she was thinking of Tweed Heads but will research its weather before she decides.
Perched high on a hillside, the <a href="/news">Neerim North</a> property (pictured in the gallery above) is a four-hectare retreat at with a grand bluestone residence built from the local quarry.
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom architecturally designed residence comes with a sunken lounge with open fireplace.
<a href="https://propertyobserver.com.au/finding/location/vic/20443-denise-drysdale-lists-neerim-north-gippsland-house-" target="_blank">The property</a> comes with dam and shelter for livestock.
But it sold through David Clark at Clark First National Drouin.
At one stage Denise was looking for $1.3 million.
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Light footed Denise Drysdale sells Neerim North home

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Celebrity angler Andrew Ettingshausen and his wife Monique have yet to sell their Port Hacking home.
Listed with $4 million plus hopes last April, it now comes with $3.8 million plus hopes.
It is for sale by private treaty <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-port+hacking-118420755" target="_blank">through Belle Property</a>. 
The five bedroom, three bathroom waterfront property with views to Maianbar and of the Royal National Park comes with a wet-edged pool.
The former Cronulla Sharks player, known as 'ET', retired after the 2000 NRL season.
<a href="https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/house-port-hacking-nsw-2229/196944/?searchID=38645262" target="_blank">The 1,130-square-metre property</a> with a boathouse, jetty and pontoon was bought more than two decades ago for $575,000 in 1990 when it was a modest two bedroom cottage.
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Celebrity angler Andrew Ettingshausen reduces Port Hacking asking price to hook buyers

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Before The Block – now in its 10th season over 12 years – there was the television renovation style setter Maggie Tabberer.
Tabberer and her then partner Richard Zachariah were the perfect hosts for the ABC's The Home Show.
While neither where professional designers, they were in the process of renovating their sixth home in six years, so they spoke with expertise.
The towering duo made four series in the early 1990s. 
Of course, who could forget the show's renovation stars: the legendary Montells, with their little house in Balmain. They sold for $400,000 in 1996, with the Sutton Street terrace reselling for $900,000 in 2012.
Maggie hasn't been overly active on the sales front, though last year her all white three bedroom, two bathroom Randwick home sold for $2.4 million (pictured above). 
Marketed as an inspired freestanding sundrenched private oasis inventively built around a central courtyard – featuring a magnificent frangipani tree and a heated pool – it was her home for the prior eight years.
It was 2006 when Maggie, the fashion and style guru, sold her Rushcutters Bay garden apartment in the McLachlan Avenue block developed in the mid-1990s by James Packer and Theo Onisforou.
It too was up for sale last year when the <a href="https://www.rwebay.com.au/1843429/" target="_blank">1 and 2/61 McLachlan Avenue apartment</a>, the size of a house, was offered by Ben David, creative director of the vibrant linen design company Kas who bought the property in 2009 for $2.8 million (pictured below). 
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It was an urban sanctuary in the then still industrial zone of Rushcutters Bay.
The Tabberer touch is still there with the enormous wooden carved doors decorating the dining room.
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The two level apartment had been sold by Maggie Tabberer in 2006 for $1.7 million to rag trader David Mellick.
More than $3.5 million was sought at its November auction with Jason Boon, of Richardson &amp; Wrench Elizabeth Bay, and Di Grundy, of BresicWhitney, now offering the Belle featured apartment with $3 million plus price indications.
Ben bought it from Roger Melik, a name behind the Roger David group. 
Before that, Title Tattle recalls Tabberer had an Edgecliff abode – labelled the White House after its mid-1980s makeover.
It was 1960 when Maggie moved to Sydney with her daughters from Adelaide. She began appearing on television in 1964, as a "beauty" on panel talk show Beauty and the Beast.
 
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Before The Block, Maggie Tabberer was the television renovation style setter 

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After around 10 weeks on the market, the former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's long-time Brisbane home is now under contract.
Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein, who now spend much of their time offshore, put it on the market in mid-November with $1.25 million hopes before the asking price was dropped to $1.19 million.
They will retain a Sunshine Coast property.
The local News Ltd paper reported <a href="/news/qld/kevin-rudd-and-therese-rein-now-list-brissie-home-base">the Norman Park </a><a href="/news/qld/kevin-rudd-and-therese-rein-now-list-brissie-home-base">home</a> is now under contract through Tim Atlass Real Estate. 
<a href="https://www.timaltass.com/listings/residential_sale-296586-norman-park/" target="_blank">The two storey home</a> on the 802 square metre block has north-east facing wraparound verandahs surrounded by tropical gardens.
The couple bought it for $384,000 in 1994.
It has a distinctive kangaroo and emu emblem on the verandah lattice.
Norman Park has <a href="/news">a $780,000 median house price according to CoreLogic RP Data</a>. It is a peak for the suburb.
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