<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/consolidated-properties">Consolidated Properties Group</a> (CPG) is approaching the launch of its latest Brisbane riverfront development, Castile, on the dress circle Skyring Terrace in Newstead.

VIP buyers are now being engaged, with a full public sales launch coming later this year.

Positioned as the final opportunity to secure a new absolute riverfront residence on the East bank of Newstead, Teneriffe or New Farm, Castile at 47 Skyring Terrace has been designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/woods-bagot">Woods Bagot</a> as a timeless addition to the Brisbane skyline.&nbsp;

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The name Castile draws on themes of permanence, sophistication and legacy, reflecting a broader vision centred on enduring architecture and timelessness in the rarest of riverfront positions.&nbsp;

CPG Chairman and CEO Don O’Rorke said the project had been envisioned as a future Brisbane icon.&nbsp;

“With 47 metres of direct river frontage and never to be built out views, 47 Skyring Terrace is the definitive address on the Brisbane River,” O’Rorke said.&nbsp;

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“Rather than following trend-based apartment design, Castile draws inspiration from Brisbane’s great heritage buildings, reinterpreting classical architecture into a contemporary riverfront landmark designed to stand proudly for the next 100 years,” he said.&nbsp;

The approved development will comprise 227 apartments across a 25-storey tower alongside a boutique six-storey riverfront building of just 12 residences.&nbsp;

Construction is scheduled to commence in September 2026.

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CPG unveils Castile Newstead ahead of upcoming sales launch

Australia’s online shopping habits have shifted dramatically over the last decade. As eCommerce volumes surged, so too did the frustrations that came with traditional parcel delivery: missed deliveries, long Post Office queues, parcel theft and the challenge of being home during business hours.

Australia Post’s Parcel Lockers emerged as one of the more practical responses to that changing consumer behaviour.

What started as a relatively niche delivery option has evolved into a nationwide network of more than 1,400 self-service Parcel Lockers positioned at train stations, shopping centres, supermarkets and Post Offices across the country. The system allows Australians to send, collect and return parcels 24 hours a day, fundamentally changing how many people interact with deliveries.

The appeal is relatively straightforward: flexibility.

Instead of waiting at home for a delivery driver or rushing to a Post Office before closing time, users can direct eligible parcels to a Parcel Locker location of their choice. Once the parcel arrives, Australia Post sends a notification with a collection code or QR access through the AusPost app, allowing customers to retrieve their package at any time within the collection window.

For apartment residents in particular, the system has become increasingly valuable.

Higher-density living has created logistical challenges around deliveries, especially in buildings without concierge services or secure parcel rooms. Missed deliveries are common, while parcel theft has become an increasing concern as online shopping volumes continue to rise.

Australia Post itself has repeatedly highlighted the growing issue of “porch pirates” during peak shopping periods, encouraging customers to use Parcel Lockers as a safer alternative to unattended home deliveries.

That security aspect is one of the key reasons the Australia Post Parcel Locker network has grown so rapidly.

Parcel Lockers are positioned as secure, monitored collection points that reduce the risk of theft while also improving delivery efficiency for Australia Post. Instead of multiple redelivery attempts, parcels can be consolidated into a single secure destination.

The Parcel Lockers themselves are free to use through a MyPost account and support a range of parcel sizes up to 16 kilograms and dimensions of approximately 35 x 44 x 61 centimetres.

Beyond receiving parcels, the system has increasingly become integrated into the broader eCommerce ecosystem.

Customers can now use Parcel Lockers to return online purchases, while retailers have embraced the model as a way to improve delivery success rates and reduce friction in the shopping process. Australia Post has actively expanded partnerships with major retailers and promoted Parcel Lockers as part of a broader out-of-home strategy.

The timing of that expansion aligns with broader changes in Australian shopping behaviour.

The acceleration of online retail during and after the pandemic placed enormous pressure on delivery infrastructure. Parcel volumes reached record highs, particularly during Black Friday and Christmas periods, with Australia Post delivering more than 100 million parcels during peak festive seasons.

That growth forced logistics providers to rethink the “last mile” of delivery, widely regarded as the most expensive and operationally difficult stage of the process.

Parcel Locker systems have increasingly been viewed as part of the long-term solution.

The concept itself is not unique to Australia. Parcel Locker networks have become common globally, particularly across Europe and Asia, where dense urban environments and apartment living create similar logistical challenges. But Australia’s geography and suburban sprawl made adoption slower initially.

Now, however, the convenience factor is driving mainstream usage.

For commuters, Parcel Lockers near train stations allow parcels to be collected on the way home from work. For apartment dwellers, they remove the uncertainty around access and missed deliveries.

The rise of the AusPost app has also streamlined the experience, centralising notifications, tracking and Parcel Locker access into a single platform. Australia Post has increasingly pushed customers toward app-based delivery management, partly as a way to combat phishing scams and fake delivery notifications, which have become more sophisticated in recent years.

The Parcel Locker model is also beginning to influence property development itself.

Parcel management has become a growing consideration in apartment building design, particularly as online shopping becomes embedded in everyday life. Many new residential developments are now incorporating dedicated parcel rooms or Parcel Locker systems into foyers and communal spaces.

For developers, parcel management is increasingly viewed as part of the broader resident amenity offering, alongside gyms, wellness spaces and communal work areas.

That reflects a wider evolution in how residential buildings are designed.

Apartment buyers are placing greater emphasis on convenience, security and operational functionality, particularly in higher-density urban environments. Parcel delivery, once considered a minor operational detail, has become an increasingly important part of that equation.

Australia Post’s Parcel Locker network sits at the centre of that behavioural shift.

What began as a simple alternative delivery option has evolved into a key piece of infrastructure supporting Australia’s growing eCommerce economy and changing urban lifestyles.

And as online shopping continues to expand, the role of Parcel Lockers is likely to become even more embedded in how Australians live, shop and receive goods.

How Australia Post Parcel Lockers changed parcel delivery convenience in Australia

Perth’s new apartment market recorded its strongest quarter of sales since Q4 2021, with 412 apartments sold in Q1 2026 and a record quarterly sold value of $537 million, according to Urbis’ latest Apartment Essentials results.

Urbis said the March quarter result reflects strong, highly product‑specific demand across both ends of the market, from more attainable projects delivering at scale, through to premium stock being absorbed by equity‑rich downsizers.&nbsp;

David Cresp, Partner at Urbis, said the key story in Perth is not demand, it is the market’s ability to convert demand into delivered housing.&nbsp;

“This is the strongest sales quarter since Q4 2021, and it reinforces that demand in Perth is real and it’s local,” David Cresp said. “But the task now is delivery, turning that demand into projects that can actually be built and completed.”&nbsp;

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<h2>Affordable product leads, premium demand remains resilient</h2>

Sales in Q1 were led by more affordable projects, with The Boulevard (SKS Group) recording 115 sales in the quarter, the presentation noting this is only the second time a single project has surpassed 100 quarterly sales. The project was able to offer more affordable housing product right next to a train station.&nbsp;

Palmyra West (Finbar) also delivered strong results with 28 sales in Q1, following 84 sales in Q4, with an average price of under $800,000, underscoring depth of demand for well‑located, attainable new stock.&nbsp;

At the premium end, Urbis said downsizer demand is continuing, with the results highlighting Romeo (Applecross, Finbar) recording 75 sales and reaching almost 50% sold in one quarter.

Jual (Shenton Park, Celsius Property) also posted a strong quarter with 28 sales, reaching 39% sold in one quarter.

Urbis noted that Perth apartment demand is not speculative, not investor‑led, and not uniform, describing it as localised, often equity‑driven and highly product‑specific, a pattern reflected in the polarisation between strong “attainable” performers and premium downsizer product.&nbsp;

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<h2>Prices underpinned by costs, and the delivery risk is growing</h2>

Urbis said pricing pressure is cost not demand‑driven: construction costs and delivery risk are now a central constraint, with the results noting build costs remain elevated and volatile, and that energy, fuel and labour uncertainty weigh on feasibility.

David Cresp said a growing challenge for private Build‑to‑Sell developers is simply securing a builder in the current environment.

“Developers are really feeling the pressure from a building market that was operating at capacity and securing a builder is challenging,” David Cresp said, adding that even where a builder can be secured, “trying to get to the price that makes the development financially viable is incredibly challenging in the current market.”&nbsp;

Urbis’ broader WA commentary also notes that industry remains at or above capacity with lot and housing creation, and that many builders are limiting new sales to manage stretched workforces and fixed‑price contract pressures, conditions that flow directly into apartment feasibility and delivery timing.

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<h2>Supply: improving later, but still constrained, and Perth lags eastern benchmarks</h2>

While near‑term supply remains constrained, Urbis’ forecast shows completions lifting “Supply is forecast to be back above 1,500 apartments per annum for the first time since 2019”, with 1,775 completions forecast for 2026, and volumes remaining above that level over the following years.&nbsp;

Looking further ahead, completions are forecast to reach 2,500 in 2028, with the report noting 32% of that total is social/affordable, reflecting the role of government‑supported delivery in rebuilding the pipeline.&nbsp;

However, Urbis said Perth remains behind comparable markets on pipeline scale. In a national comparison of projects under construction, the report shows under construction Perth Build‑to‑Sell (BTS) at 3,446 apartments versus the Gold Coast at 7,922. Mr Cresp said “The challenge for Perth is how to we grow the delivery pipeline”.

Urbis’ conclusion is that Perth’s market is increasingly defined by product discipline and delivery certainty, with the research identifying “delivery certainty is key” and calling out builder risk and procurement models as core success factors, alongside “timing and staging”.&nbsp;

Perth apartment sales hit strongest pace since late 2021 as builder capacity tightens

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sammut-developments">Sammut Group</a> has secured development approval for its latest Brisbane apartment project, marking the Sydney developer’s next step in expanding its Queensland pipeline following the success of its debut Gold Coast development, Coast.

The approved project at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/44-glen-road-toowong-qld-4066">44 Glen Road, </a><a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/toowong-qld-4066">Toowong</a> will deliver a 15-storey riverfront apartment building with 42 residences, significantly increasing the scale of the site’s previous approval for a smaller luxury scheme. Designed by Bureau^proberts, the development will comprise a mix of predominantly four-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments positioned to maximise Brisbane River and city views.

Sammut Director Julian Sammut said the group had been actively searching Brisbane for several years before identifying Toowong as the right fit.

“Brisbane was the right step for Sammut,” Sammut said.

“With the success of Coast we thought we should definitely look to do more in Queensland alone. We then pushed up to look at Brisbane. We've been looking for I'd say two to three years actually and it was hard to find the right location.”

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Sammut said suburbs including New Farm and Teneriffe were considered before the group ultimately focused on Toowong due to its strong downsizer demographic and limited supply of developable riverfront land.

The site was acquired off-market after what Sammut described as a lengthy negotiation and planning process, with the developer pursuing an uplift to the original approval.

“We are DA approved now which is very exciting,” Sammut said.

“We've had our change approval come through and we've obviously doubled the height, 15 storeys plus rooftop. We've got 42 amazing apartments that are going to be coming to market soon.”

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Bureau^proberts said the design responds to Toowong’s evolving urban character, balancing contemporary apartment living with the area’s established residential identity.

“A place where traditional Queensland living has taken place for centuries; Toowong is seeing a shift of contemporary influence, commercial and retail hubs mixed with well-considered residential offerings – all the while maintaining its character and charm,” the architect noted in planning documents submitted to Brisbane City Council.

The architecture practice said the project’s form was shaped by its riverfront setting, flood considerations, neighbouring building scales, and view corridors.

“They said the mix of four and two-bedroom apartments capture the ‘fundamental qualities of Queenslander living,’ translated into the context of a contemporary subtropical building.”

The development sits just off Coronation Drive within walking distance of Toowong’s retail precinct and the upgraded Regatta ferry terminal, while also benefiting from proximity to the incoming green bridge connection to West End. Sammut said the accessibility and amenity offering were central to the site’s appeal.

The approval adds to growing residential activity along the Toowong riverfront, joining nearby projects including Consolidated Properties’ Monarch Residences and Spyre Group’s ARC Residences.

Sammut secures approval for debut Brisbane apartment development in Toowong

Developer Lanevick is heading back into Sydney’s apartment market after focusing more heavily on the luxury townhouse and terrace sector in recent years.

Lanevick, founded and directed by Steve Maroun, is expecting to receive approval in the coming months for a new apartment development in Gladesville, with the aim to launch it to the market later this year.

The 51-apartment project, designed by Studio Johnston, will comprise a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments positioned toward the Hunters Hill downsizer market.

“Traditionally it’s been difficult for people in that market to downsize because there just hasn’t been the right product available,” Maroun said.

“We’re targeting buyers who might have 30 to 40 per cent of their house value sitting in the bank after downsizing.

“They still want good spacious entertaining areas, they still want quality design, but they also want flexibility and the ability to enjoy life a bit more after working hard for a long time.”

The project sits near Boronia Park and within close proximity to the Parramatta River foreshore, an area Maroun says offers more of a Hunters Hill lifestyle than a traditional apartment precinct.

“From a lifestyle perspective, it’s really more Hunters Hill than Gladesville,” Maroun said. “You’re close to the foreshore, close to parklands, and still connected back into the village precinct.”

From level four and above, apartments will capture water views&nbsp;toward Sydney Harbour. Communal amenity will include rooftop entertaining areas, wellness spaces, and a gym tailored toward owner-occupier buyers.

“We’ve really designed these apartments around that buyer coming from the Hunters Hill LGA and what they’re actually looking for in their next chapter.”

The proposed development has also been designed to respond to the changing character of the broader Gladesville town centre, where a growing number of mixed-use and residential proposals are expected to emerge over the coming years.

“Gladesville presented a rare opportunity to deliver a genuinely design-led residential project within an evolving lifestyle precinct, just moments from the growing Gladesville town centre, and we’ve approached the project with a strong focus on architecture, liveability and long-term community value,” Maroun said.

Maroun said Lanevick saw a first-mover advantage within the precinct as planning controls continue to evolve to accommodate greater housing density.

“We think there’s a real opportunity there that hasn’t really been serviced properly yet,” he said.

“There’s going to be a broader evolution of the whole Gladesville village precinct over time, particularly with more activation and mixed-use outcomes.”

The Venus Street proposal will include a commercial and retail component at ground level designed to contribute to that evolving streetscape activation.

“A big part of the thinking was how do you activate that area properly and create more vibrancy and amenity, which is what Hunters Hill has been looking for,” Maroun said.

Lanevick’s focus since 2020 has largely been on smaller-scale luxury townhouse and terrace developments. The developer recently completed Royale Randwick, also designed by Studio Johnston, where prices reached $3.65 million. The project was featured in the UDIA NSW 2026 Professional Development Prospectus and was also named a finalist for Development of the Year.

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Lanevick to cater for Hunters Hill downsizers with new Gladesville apartment development

Southern Highlands

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Kathy Ward and Peter O'Connell, the co-founders of top modelling agency Chic Management, have sold their redundant Southern Highlands weekender, Foxhill.
The five bedroom homestead with wrapround verandah stands on an 11 hectare Kangaloon parcel with views over the Robertson Valley.
Michael Maloney at Richardson &amp; Wrench secured the sale that came with a price of $2.75 million.
It last traded for $650,000 in 1998.
The extensive equestrian facilities once homed award winning show jumper Vettori, who the couple bought from New Zealand in 2004.
There's 10 paddocks and post and rail fencing, shelter sheds and a sand area.
Ward and O'Connell co-founded Chic Management with Ursula Hufnagl in 1992. 
O'Connell's major interest these days is telecommunications provider Amaysim.
Ward, a keen dressage rider, loved it was remote but close to the city saying once, "you get space and you get quietness and you get solitude. It’s a beautiful part of the world."
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Southern Highlands weekender Foxhill sold

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The Southern Highlands residential property market continues to see strong activity from local and out of region buyers, according to Herron Todd White’s (HTW) latest monthly market report.
The property advisory firm says that the most active market is close in to the townships of Bowral, where the most active price range is between $700,000 to $1 million and the median is $771,0004 (+13% 2015). 
An example is<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-bowral-123777430" target="_blank"> 5 Bronwyn Place, Bowral</a> (pictured above), which is currently listed through Richardson and Wrench for $785,000. 
In Moss Vale, the most active price range is $450,000 to $700,000 and the median $508,000 ( which is up 15% year on year).
In Mittagong, local agents have reported a severe shortage of listings, resulting in a most active price range of $550,000 to $800,0001 and the medianprice is $605,000 (up 14% year on year).
Buyers are moving to the Highlands from greater Sydney, North Shore and the Hills District in particular, seeking a lifestyle change with accompanying economic benefits, the HTW report said.
"Pleasingly, an increasing proportion of purchasers are owner occupiers and families," it added.
Properties in the area are a mix of modern well appointed, well maintained and renovated older style dwellings.
The emerging precincts on the outskirts of townships such as Bingara Gorge (Picton), Renwick (Mittagong) and Darraby (Moss Vale) are also trading at a brisk pace, with price points from $550,000 to $900,000 where improvements will be modern and contemporary.
There is an increasing amount of property across the Southern Highlands in the $2.5 million plus category, primarily the rural lifestyle market, (10 hectares plus) that can remain on the market in some instances for up to two years.
These properties are generally located outside the main townships in the hamlets of Exeter, Bundanoon and Sutton Forest and are thinly traded, with purchasers more specific as to their requirements, eg equestrian facilities, house and guest accommodation, landscaping or water being some of the selection criteria.
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Lifestyle changers seek out the Southern Highlands: HTW

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Funds manager Will Liley and his UK born artist wife Janice have sold their Southern Highlands retreat, Rosehill Farm.
The 45-hectare Kangaloon holding comes with Richard Rowe designed six-bedroom, seven-bathroom house.
It has been sold to entreprenuer Rose Deo for $4.8 million through Colliers International agent Deborah Cullen.
Janice enjoyed the four seasons on offer - with the change of colours - as an artist. Janice studied at the National Art School, Sydney, and before than at Cheltenham College of the Arts in the UK.
Liley, who rowed for Australia in the late 1960s and 1970s, before he founded infrastructure investment firm mInfra
Their 2005-built Australian homestead with a wrap-around verandah, incorporated elements of New England architecture.
Landscape architect Michael Bligh helped with the grounds which comes with a kilometre-long avenue lined with white-trunked Blue Mountains ash eucalypts
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Rosehill Farm, Kangaloon sold

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Matt Handbury, the executive chairman of Murdoch Media and Clare Strang, are selling their 259 ha Southern Highlands retreat, Wattle Ridge.
They hope the Hill Top offering will fetch $10 million plus.
It was 2007 when the late Reg Grundy set the Highland's record price, paying $15 million for the 200-hectare Comfort Farm at Sutton Forest.
The Hill Top estate is on the less glamourous eastern lip of the Southern Highlands bounded on three sides by the Nattai National Park.
About half the estate retains its natural vegetation with trails through the bush to the escarpment.
There is a six-bedroom homestead, completed in 1998 in the American Georgian style by architect William Zuccon and with interior decoration by Thomas Hamel.
It is surrounded by 20ha of irrigated gardens, lakes and lawn. The grounds come with an all-weather tennis court, heated pool, dressage arena with two stables and a three-bedroom cottage for guest accommodation.
As a working farm its is capable of carrying 50 breeding cows and horses. 
The agents handling the sale, Meares &amp; Associates and Christies International Real Estate, said Wattle Ridge was one of the outstanding rural estates on the Southern Highlands.
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Wattle Ridge, Hill Top estate listed by Matt Handbury 

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Radio star Kate Ritchie and her husband, the former NRL player Stuart Webb, have bought a Southern Highlands retreat for weekends away from their coastal eastern suburbs home.
They paid $1.75 million for Fallow Field, located in Burradoo's exclusive Golden Triangle.
The rambling farmhouse had been in the Tinkler family ownership for 50 years.
Set down a private, tree lined driveway, it has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a formal lounge and a large mud room. Not that it is a farm, rather a sprawling 0.6 hectare garden estate.
There the main residence plus an 1800s built, 170 sqm carriage house with an 85 sqm upstairs hayloft complete with exposed timber beams and original hardwood flooring.
The lifestyle property spent over 300 days on market before the selling agents Ben Olofsen and Scarlett Laplanche of McKillop Property secured the recent sale.
They had a price guide of $1.75 million to $1.87 million.
She joins other thespians in the Highlands perhaps bumping into Robyn Nevin, Judy Davis and Noeline Brown.
Kate, who has spent decades portraying Sally Fletcher in Home &amp; Away, kicked off her interest in portfolio when she bought a two bedroom Bellevue Hill unit for $355,000 in 2000. It is currently up for rent at $400 a week asking rental.
The two time Gold Logie award winning actress then bought her three bedroom Randwick home that cost $990,000 in 2003.
Prior to her extended retirement from Home and Away in 2008, Ritchie shared the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous role in an Australian drama series with fellow original cast members Ray Meagre and Norman Coburn.
She returned to the show in 2013 for two months, reprising her role as Sally Fletcher in the show's 25th anniversary year.
Ritchie appeared in the second series of Underbelly, her first TV drama role since leaving the popular Palm Beach programme.
She currently co-hosts Kate, Tim &amp; Marty, the number one rating national drive show, on Nova.
Ritchie married Webb, the former Roosters, Rabbitohs and Dragons hooker in 2010 in a countryside outdoor wedding at Quamby Estate in Tasmania.
The couple have a two year old daughter, Mae, who was the inspiration behind her new children's book 'I Just Couldn't Wait to Meet You, which was released earlier this year.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Radio star Kate Ritchie buys Fallow Field, Burradoo

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The Southern Highlands residential property market has seen a marked increase in activity in both volume and prices over the last two years.
There has been a noticeable increase in activity by investors, rental levels increased and are now steady, according to Herron Todd White's latest monthly market report.
The property advisory firm says that the increasing price trend is very strong in the lower to middle price brackets, up to $2 million.
Properties over $2 million are steady and also trading more briskly.
The tree change buyer relocating from Sydney is the main active buyer type HTW advised.
Traditionally the Southern Highlands property type is the older style character home (1890s to 1950s) that are within short walking distance of the town centres and local amenities.
HTW noted there has been good renovation and extension activity in these well located, traditional property types in Old Bowral, Mittagong and Moss Vale.
"There is also an emerging property type of suburban style modern and semi-modern homes on land sizes of 700 square metres up to 4,000 square metres.
"These modern homes appeal predominantly to young families."
It reported there has been good land sales activity in the now established residential subdivision precincts such as Renwick Estate (Mittagong), Bingara Gorge (Wilton) and more recently smaller more affordable lots at Darraby Estate (Moss Vale) and Nattai Ponds (Braemar).
"This uptick in activity has seen the emergence of residential infill developments in the townships of Bowral and Mittagong, with established larger land lots being subdivided into smaller allotments which are keenly sought after. 
"If interest rates remain at these historically low levels, we consider these market increases to be sustainable and should continue over the next six months."
Similar to the Highlands, there is now a mix of traditional property types in the Southern Tablelands. Previously, demand was for well located older homes and while these remain sought after, there has also been a push for modern family homes.
Goulburn has seen steady to increasing trends over the last five years.
"There have been good land sales in the new, modern residential estates in Goulburn, including the Belmore Estate, Merino Country Estate and the Mistful Park Estate," HTW noted.
"There is good construction activity of new homes being built."
Goulburn is rich in heritage architecture and there is also good renovation construction activity in these older character homes.
The main buyer type is the tree change buyer from Sydney or Canberra, the Canberra commuter and the Sydney investor.
The market in Crookwell is also stead, HTW advised.
The rural residential property market (two to 100 hectares in land size) is steady to increasing slightly throughout the Southern Tablelands, with good activity from Canberra commuters and rural lifestyle buyers from Sydney.
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Marked increase in Southern Highlands prices over past two years: HTW

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Australia's favourite reality television couple, Sam Frost and her beau Sasha Mielczarek have secured a building block to construct their family home on the outskirts of Bowral.
"We are very excited," Sam and Sasha told their social media followers after their purchase.
The couple who found love on The Bachelorette secured the block in an upmarket NSW Southern Highlands housing subdivision.
The lot is in the historic <a href="https://retfordparkestate.com/" target="_blank">Retford Park Estate</a> which has been recently divided into building blocks ranging from 1000 sqm to 4.8 hectares.
The recently available sold out lots had been priced between $365,000 and $810,000 through Savills Residential Projects.
"I love building and all things construction," Sasha told me.
"Having grown up in the Southern Highlands and even going to high school there I'm pretty attached to the area," the former Oxleyan school captain said.
The couple have been together since Sam chose the 32 year old Sasha while filming the reality TV series The Bachelorette last October. 
Sasha manages a big building construction project at Nowra, with the couple regularly spotted relaxing at nearby Huskisson on Jervis Bay.
Sam is Bondi based after securing a breakfast radio co-hosting opportunity on 2DayFM radio with Rove McManus, having previously been marketing co-ordinator at the Mornington Peninsula Gardens &amp; Lifestyle Magazine.
Bachelorette Sam Frost has Sasha's mother to thank for his appearance on the show.
"Mum was the one who put the application in for me," he once advised.
"She saw Sam previously on The Bachelor and thought we'd be a good match; she said Sam was the most down to earth."
The recent sales success of the fully serviced 179 residential lots on Bowral's historic Retford Park estate, has ensured the main homestead will be preserved in perpetuity for community access through the National Trust.
The main homestead Retford Park House remains the longtime home of philanthropist, James Fairfax, but will be preserved in perpetuity for the community with funds from the neighbouring residential development being directed into a trust which will pay for the long-term upkeep of the 1880s Italianate house and gardens.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Sasha Mielczarek and Sam Frost have secured a block of land at Retford Park, Bowral

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There were no bids when Invergowrie, the Tudor-style NSW Southern Highlands estate, offered by the former Liberal politician, turned businessman and commentator John Hewson, went to weekend auction.
The <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.randw.com.au/property/0000278286" target="_blank">seven bedroom Exeter house</a>, that comes with studies, library, ballroom and billiard room, dates back to the 1930s when built for the BHP industrialist Sir Cecil Hoskins.
The Richardson &amp; Wrench auctioneer Geoff Speers sought bids at $7 million for the 10 hectare estate that last sold for $5.5 million in 2004.
"This is an extraordinary estate," the auctioneer said.
Hewson has had an ongoing love of things Tudor. His first home in the Highlands was Redlands, also Tudor-style and in Paul Sorenson gardens, which he bought for $106,000 in 1977 and sold for $380,000 in 1985, just before he became the Federal Liberal Party leader with the red Ferrari.
Hewson and his wife, Jessica Wilson, who had Invergowrie listed through Michael Maloney at Richardson &amp; Wrench Bowral, want to move closer to Bowral.
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John Hewson's Southern Highlands estate passed in no bid

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The property industry veteran Lyn Shaddock and his wife Jan recently snappily sold their Werai retreat, The Folly, after just four weeks on the market. 
Shaddock, chairman of Growthpoint Properties and Calibre Capital, listed the 4.7 hectare property with $2.45 million hopes with Margaret McCauley Real Estate along with <a href="https://www.cjpbowral.com.au/properties-for-sale/rural/rural-detail/TheFolly" target="_blank">Angus Yuill of Campbell Jones Property</a>.
The four bedroom, three bathroom house was built after the land was bought for $500,000 in 2001. 
The Greenhills Road property with irrigated cold climate gardens fetched $2,285,000. There is a barn built of Northern River hardwoods with mezzanine loft.
 
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