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Top 10 South Australia Hotspots Report
The original Top 10 South Australia Hotspots Report was published in August 2007. The following table lists our original selections in mid-2007 and their price performance in FY2008.
It shows that most locations featured in our initial report recorded capital gains above 15% and many did better than 20%.
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Market |
FY2008 price performance |
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Christies Beach/Port Noarlunga Southern seaside suburbs |
Christies Beach median price up 25%. Port Noarlunga median price up 10%. |
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Elizabeth precinct Northern suburbs, Adelaide |
Elizabeth median price up 26%. Elizabeth Park median price up 26%. Elizabeth North median price up 23%. |
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Ethelton/Exeter precinct Adelaide, beside Port Adelaide |
Exeter median price up 43%. Ethelton median price up 8%. |
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Hallet Cove Southern seaside suburbs |
Hallett Cove median price up 14%. |
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Mount Barker Adelaide Hills |
Mount Barker median price up 15%. |
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Penola South-eastern South Australia |
Penola median price up 17%. |
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Strathalbyn Fleurieu Peninsula, sth of Adelaide |
Strathalbyn median price up 10%. |
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Thebarton precinct Inner western suburbs, Adelaide |
Thebarton median price up 19%. Flinders Park median price up 17%. |
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Whyalla Eyre Peninsula |
Whyalla median price up 19%. Whyalla Jenkins median price up 24%. Whyalla Playford median price up 19%. |
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Yankalilla/Carrickalinga area Fleurieu Peninsula |
Carrickalinga median price up 28%. Normanville median price up15%. |
Source of price data: Australian Property Monitors
National Top 12 Boom Towns Report
The original National Top 12 Boom Towns Report was written in June 2006. It has been updated several times since then and a number of locations have been deleted from the report – for one reason: they have grown in value so much they could no longer be classified as a future hotspot.
The following table lists our original selections (June 2006) and their price performance in 2007. It shows that most locations featured in our initial report recorded capital gains above 20%. Several achieved growth above 40%.
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Market |
FY2007 price performance |
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Bunbury Western Australia |
Bunbury median price up 22%.
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Dalby, Chinchilla Queensland |
Chinchilla median price up 12%. Dalby median price up 25%. |
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Darwin northern suburbs Northern Territory |
Coconut Grove median price up 40%. Rapid Creek median price up 34%. |
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Emerald, Blackwater Queensland |
Blackwater median price up 15%. Emerald median price up 11%. |
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Esperance Western Australia |
Esperance median price up 17%.
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Gladstone Queensland |
Kin Kora median price up 28%. West Gladstone median price up 23%. Glen Eden median price up 20%. |
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Hopetoun and Ravensthorpe Western Australia |
Hopetoun median price up 57%. Ravensthorpe median price up 49%. |
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Kanmantoo, Mt Barker South Australia |
Mt Barker median price up 10%. (No reliable price data for Kanmantoo) |
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Mt Isa Queensland |
Parkside median price up 57%. Pioneer median price up 53%.
Sunset median price up 48%. |
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Moranbah Queensland |
Moranbah median price up 13%.
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Newman Western Australia |
Newman median price up 61%.
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Sarina |
Sarina median price up 24%. |
Source of price data: Australian Property Monitors
Top 12 Queensland Hotspots Report
The original Top 12 Queensland Hotspots Report was published in June 2006. It has been updated several times since then and a number of locations have been deleted from the report – for one reason: they have grown in value so much they could no longer be classified as a future hotspot.
The following table lists our original selections in mid-2006 and their price performance in 2007. It shows that every location featured in our initial report has recorded capital gains between 10% and 35%. Many did better than 20%.
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Market |
2007 price performance |
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Beaudesert region South of Brisbane |
Beaudesert median price up 12%. Jimboomba median price up 15%. |
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Beenleigh region Brisbane-Gold Coast corridor |
Beenleigh median price up 21%. Eagleby median price up 23%. Logan Central median price up 23%. |
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Beerwah Sunshine Coast Hinterland |
Beerwah median price up 12%. |
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Emu Park/Yeppoon area Seaside, Rockhampton region |
Emu Park median price up 22%. Yeppoon median price up 19%. Zilzie median price up 21%. |
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Ipswich: Redbank precinct South-west of Brisbane |
Redbank Plains median price up 19%. Collingwood Park median price up 17%. Bellbird Park median price up 22%. |
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Jacobs Well Brisbane-Gold Coast corridor |
Jacobs Well median price up 34%. |
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Moranbah & Dysart Central Queensland mining towns |
Moranbah median price up 13%. Dysart median price up 17%. |
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Paddington Brisbane inner-city suburbs |
Paddington median price up 25%. |
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Sarina |
Sarina median price up 24%.
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Tugun precinct Southern Gold Coast |
Tugun median price up 11%. |
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West End Brisbane inner-city suburbs |
West End median price (houses) up 28%. West End median price (units) up 24%. |
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Wynnum Bayside Brisbane suburb |
Wynnum median price up 13%. Wynnum West median price up 12%. |
Source of price data: Australian Property Monitors
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