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Winner! Sunshine Coast Business Awards
Noosa4Sale is truly humbled to have been chosen the winner of the Sunshine Coast Business Awards, Business Services category, small business, from an incredible field of finalists in accounting, marketing, admin and IT, along with other real estate agencies, Henzells and Amber Werchon. My sincere thanks to the Sunshine and Noosa Councils, category sponsor Coraggio and all other sponsor...
Pre-Sale Improvements
We are always looking for ways to make the lives of our clients easier. From great vendor reporting through technology that keeps us on top of follow-ups with buyers, through to now partnering with Property Credit to remove the limitations on upfront selling costs. Whether basic renovations, landscaping or staging, small improvements can make a big difference to the saleabil...
Short Term Letting Rules in Noosa
There has been a lot of misinformation floating around regarding Short-Term Accommodation in Noosa, and the question of can I or can’t I is often asked by buyers of real estate agents. Noosa Council prioritises housing for permanent residents, and seeks to contain holiday letting in appropriately zoned areas close to amenities, rather than within residential enclaves. ...
How Land Tax Works in Queensland
A question becoming more frequent in recent years is what will I pay in land tax? It really depends on the unimproved value of the land, and whether you own it as an individual, company or trust. All Queensland shires saw a massive jump in the Valuer General assessments last year, so while you may not have had to pay land tax previously, you may now. Further, it...
Selling is Stressful!
Selling is stressful. What I have noticed over the nearly 10 years I have been in real estate is the abject terror some sellers have with regard to the dreaded building and pest inspection. It can break a sale in a heartbeat. No one likes surprises, least of all the seller. Because sometimes inspectors can make a mountain out of a mole hill. And the back and for...
Landlord Ordered to Pay Tenants $14k Because of Mouldy Property
An interesting story hit Apple News earlier this week, that has implications for Queensland landlords under the new minimum housing standards and also for bodies corporate. A NSW landlord has been ordered to pay her tenants more than $14,000 after the property she owned became mouldy after heavy rain. The tenants made an application for compensation in the Civil & Administrati...
What Is The State Of Play for the Noosa Property Market?
What is the state of play in the Noosa Property market today? Putting aside the hype about $20m trophy homes, a majority of properties sell for between $1.3m and $3m. So on average family homes, Noosa remains cheaper than both Melbourne and Sydney. There is no doubt things have changed. Properties are up 50-100% on what they were just 2-3 years ago. W...
Vinnies CEO Sleep Out
Every night, thousands of Australians experience homelessness. Especially women over 50. This is an appalling fact for a country like Australia. With no investment in social housing in decades, many women over 50 find themselves unable to pay the extreme rents now the norm in places like Noosa I have my own experience. Too ill to work in 2012, I was unable to pay rent and wa...
The Value of Video
As a real estate agent with a background in marketing and public relations, I can hand on heart say that video is one of the effective forms of marketing for your property. The market isn’t always as we have it now. And especially when trying to achieve a specific price, it is really important to showcase what you have that may not always be visible in photos, or buyers...
What’s Happening With The Noosa Market?
January 25 2022 The past 12 months have seen extraordinary capital growth through all parts of Noosa, for apartments and houses. Suburb Median 5 years ago Median 12 months % difference from 5 years ago Noosa Heads QLD $ 852,500 $ 1,557,500 82% Noosaville QLD $ 907,500 $ 1,605,000 77% (source: https://www.couriermail.com.au/property/qld-dominates-au...
Where Do You Want to be in the Next Pandemic?
This is no longer a silly question. The good news is that with our lower density than cities, our gorgeous natural assets of multiple beaches, national parks and quiet friendly neighbourhoods, there simply wasn’t anywhere better to be in lockdown, than Noosa. And now that you know you really can work from home with the right technology, the smart money is making that h...
Buying & Selling Noosa Real Estate in a Pandemic
Thinking about going on the market but afraid your property won’t sell? Are there even buyers out there? Or are you thinking about postponing your purchase for 3-6 months hoping prices in Noosa will fall? Watch the video to learn more.
Covid-19
As a small local business with high client contact, our priority is the safety and wellbeing of our clients, tenants, colleagues and their families. We remain open but with reduced contact. We will continue selling but with one-on-one inspections only. We are following advice from the Australian Government as well as guidelines from the World Health Organisation and taking me...
There Will Be No Winners
If you own investment property in Queensland, it is important you have your say with regard to mooted changes to rental legislation. The REIQ, of which Noosa4Sale is a member, strongly opposes the Queensland government’s proposed rental reforms which are a slap in the face to every day ‘mum and dad’ property owners who provide the majority of housing to Queensland&rsquo...
Smoke Alarm Compliance
You may already be aware that new Smoke Alarm Legislation was introduced in Queensland effective 1st January 2017, with a planned 10 year roll-out depending on the type of property and use. For all rental properties, smoke alarms and safety switches must now comply with this new legislation. This is non-negotiable. Landlords are responsible for the installation of the required smo...
Buyers & Back-Up Contracts
Are you a frustrated buyer, arriving at open homes only to learn the property is already under contract? Here’s the thing: Even after obtaining a contract of sale we can”t advertise it as “under contract” until that contract is unconditional, and a good agent continues to market a property until this is so. Because anything can happen… If we obtain a contract su...
When is the Best Time to Sell?
Are you asking yourself, when is the best time to sell? The short answer is of course, it depends. It depends on the market trend (up or down), the time of year (it differs suburb to suburb), supply and demand, and your agent. After a volatile period commencing with the withdrawal of Qantas from the Sunshine Coast through the GFC and declines in the tourist demographic (see Noosa Holiday Homes...
The Great Divide
The media focus the past two weeks has been the growing ‘great divide’ between those who own property and those who don’t. Two articles in The New Daily caught my eye (quoted below). This week”s HILDA report showed that home ownership among18 to 39-year-olds has fallen from 36 per cent in 2002 to a new low of25 per cent. On top of that, between 2002 to 2014, the averag...
ATO CGT Withholding Changes
Australian resident vendors selling real property will need to obtain a Clearance Certificate from the ATO to ensure they don’t incur a 12.5% withholding tax. It applies to all vendors in all states and territories, to all property (residential and commercial) and other asset classesto all properties with a contract price of $750,000 or more (the previous applicable value was $2m or more...
The Noosa Holiday Home is Back!
For the better part of a decade, a holiday property in Noosa was not the investment grade it had been just a few short years prior to the GFC. But far from sinking into oblivion, the holiday home – whether humble unit or waterfront mansion – is making a remarkable comeback. No longer the prohibitive cost to purchase commensurate with the heady days of 90% year-on-year occupancy, h...