Queensland rather than NSW is the favoured state for property investment, according to a survey of investors by the Investar group.
More than a third (34 percent) of investors indicated Queensland as their first preference for investment, just ahead of NSW (31 percent) and Victoria (22 percent).
WA (7 percent) and SA (5 percent) attracted lmited interest.
The survey was at odds with actual searches on the Investar website, as analysis of the last 120,000 searches over the past three months, showed more than 43 percent of potential investors were actually looking for opportunities in New South Wales, compared to 33 per cent in Queensland.
It revealed a preference for more affordable regional locations.