RENEE MCKEOWNMON 22 JUN 20 

Work on the $3 billion NorthConnex tunnel is nearing completion following the first end-to-end drive through along the M1-M2 link in Sydney.

The nine-kilometre twin tunnels join the M1 Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga to Pennant Hills Road-Cumberland Highway and the M2 Hills Highway.

This enables drivers to bypass 40 traffic lights on the Pacific Highway to the CBD or drive from Newcastle to Melbourne without a single set of traffic lights.

[Silverhall Comment – this will significantly reduce the travel time between the Central Coast and major employment hubs from the CBD to employments hubs including Norwest and Eastern Creek. We are forecasting a sizable relocation of employment from the Western Sydney suburbs to the Central Coast naturally increasing the demand for property]

May 28, 2020

Soaring sale figures and skyrocketing buyer inquiry are smoothing out the pandemic scars on Brisbane’s rapidly recovering market as experts say the city is just weeks away from pre-COVID-19 transaction levels.

“As far as buyer inquiry goes, we are back to where we were pre-virus … and it has been a broad spread of budget and location,”

Buyer inquiry levels are up substantially. Photo: SPACE Property South Brisbane

DINAH LEWIS BOUCHERTUE 28 APR 20

When it comes to population growth and Queensland’s property market, the state has been leading the nation for net interstate migration, with a strong upward trajectory.

“Of course Queensland has some exposure to overseas migration, but nowhere near as much as say New South Wales or Victoria,” Lawless said.

JESS VERRENDER | Central Coast Gosford Express Real Estate | APRIL 29, 2020

The Central Coast property market may benefit from some trends that are likely to emerge post COVID-19, experts are saying.

Experts say that some trends likely to emerge post COVID-19 could benefit the Central Coast property market.

Property experts are suggesting that the Central Coast housing market may benefit from some trends that are likely to emerge post COVID-19.

With workers realising the viability of working from home and retirees keen to escape populated areas, the coastal region north of Sydney might be the perfect escape for potential buyers.

House prices continue to defy forecasts of dramatic decreases from the virus shutdown – and the significance of that continues to be downplayed and misreported by mainstream media.

It would be refreshing if journalists could simply report the facts, in an even and balanced way, rather than go to extraordinary lengths to find negatives to feature in their headlines.

Ipswich City Council has identified the preferred option for the future four-lane upgrade of Redbank Plains Road between the Cunningham Highway and Collingwood Drive.

Council’s Manager Infrastructure Strategy Tony Dileo said the first two stages of the major upgrade project have been completed with the third stage due to commence construction next financial year.

Hundreds of maintenance jobs have been secured at Amberley after the Federal Government signed a four-year extension to Boeing Defence Australia’s contract to maintain Super Hornet and Growler aircraft in Ipswich.

The Air Combat Electronic Attack Sustainment Program (ACEASP) contract has secured a $280 million extension until 2025.

Slumping numbers of new apartments under construction could force an undersupply by 2022, property advisory group Charter Keck Cramer has forecast.

The demand-supply imbalance, according to Charter Keck Cramer's quarterly state of the market, is largely due to population growth and anaemic construction activity.

Australian economist Chris Joye says home owners will see around 20 per cent capital gains in this cycle, assuming no further cuts by the RBA.

The Coolabah Capital Investments fund manager predicted the recent quick turn around in housing fortunes.

While the recent downturn in residential construction has been pronounced when it comes to high-density, a new forecast expects Australian apartments and units to lead the recovery in new home building in the coming years.

Taking in the latest ABS approval data, the February Master Builders Industry Forecast report says the nation is “approaching an inflection point when it comes to new home building activity”, with an updated forecast expecting the residential building sector to return to stronger levels across the next five years.