Brisbane's Seven Hills is Inner Ring's best performing housing suburb
Brisbane's best performing Inner Ring suburb for houses in terms of capital growth was Seven Hills, recorded an average of 10.3 percent growth over the past 12 months according to Place Advisory.
This was closely followed by South Brisbane, which saw 10.2 percent growth.
For apartments Highgate Hill saw the highest capital growth with 11.4 percent growth.
The strongest performer for houses in Brisbane’s Middle Ring was Chermside, recording 14.2 percent capital growth.
Place Advisory said Chermside’s proximity to employment nodes, infrastructure, retail precincts and various amenities make the suburb a popular choice for buyers and tenants alike.
"Rocklea and Gordon Park were the best performing suburbs for apartments in Brisbane’s Middle Ring, recording 5.6 percent capital growth," Place advisory said.
"Meanwhile, the housing market in Seventeen Mile Rocks was the Outer Rings top performer, recording 12.0 percent capital growth.
"Previously an industrial area, Seventeen Mile Rocks has seen a number of housing estate developments in recent years.
"For apartments, Geebung in Brisbane’s North, saw the strongest capital growth, recorded at 6.9 percent.
"The Inner City suburb of Teneriffe has the highest median sale price across Brisbane’s Inner Ring, currently sitting at $1,850,000.
"Teneriffe is one of Brisbane’s most desirable riverfront suburbs and is home to a number of prestigious dwellings.
"For apartments, Norman Park, located in Brisbane’s Inner East has the highest median sale price of $680,000.
"Ascot, located in the Middle Ring, is regarded as one of Brisbane’s most prestigious suburbs as it offers easy access to the CBD and excellent local amenities and infrastructure.
"Ascot is the Middle Rings most expensive suburb, recording a median house price of $1,344,000.
"For apartments, the tightly held suburb of Bardon tops the list with the median apartment price currently sitting at $622,750.
"The suburb of Robertson in Brisbane’s Outer Ring recorded the highest median sale price, currently sitting at $1,072,500.
"The suburb is a popular choice for young families as it offers large houses and easy connectivity to the CBD and surrounding suburbs, Westfield Garden City, Griffith University and the QEII Jubilee Hospital.
"Kenmore in Brisbane’s outer west recorded the highest median sale price for apartments, currently sitting at $639,500.
"We have divided Brisbane’s suburbs into three regions, Inner, Middle and Outer, which represent 5km, 10km and 20km rings from the CBD as shown in the map below.
"This map is colour coded, with the darker green representing Brisbane’s Inner Ring, orange being the Middle Ring suburbs and the light blue representing Brisbane’s Outer Ring.
What are the main differences between these rings?
"The graph below breaks down the number of sales and median sale price for houses in each of the three rings over the past ten years.
"As expected, Brisbane’s Inner Ring is the most expensive region, recording a median house price of $875,000 over the six month period ending December 2016.
"Houses in the Inner Ring are 22 prercent more expensive that those in Brisbane’s Middle Ring, recording a median sale price of $715,000 and 56% more than houses in the Outer Ring at a median price of $560,000.
"Over the past ten year period Brisbane’s Inner and Middle Rings saw similar price growth, recording 5.4 percent and 5.3 percent growth per annum respectively, whilst the Outer Ring suburbs recorded a slightly lower 4.8 percent growth per annum.
"Sales results over the past 12 months however, have seen Brisbane’s Middle Ring outperform, recording 4.6 percent price growth, whilst the Inner and Outer Rings saw just 3.5 percent and 3.3 percent price growth respectively.
"In terms of the number of houses sold, Brisbane’s Outer Ring saw the highest number of sales.
"Representative of the supply, the six month period ending December 2016 saw 3,764 transactions take place in the Outer Ring, accounting for half of total sales across Brisbane.
"This was followed by the Middle Ring, which saw 2,543 sales occur, whilst Brisbane’s Inner Ring recorded just 1,183 transactions for the period.
"It’s no secret that the Brisbane apartment market has suffered in recent periods. As shown in the graph below, each of the three regions have experienced varying amounts of decline over the past two years.
"Over the past 12 month period, Brisbane’s Inner Ring has experienced the largest decline in median apartment prices, decreasing by 3.5 percent.
"This was followed by the Middle Ring, declining by 2.7 percent over the period, whilst apartment prices in Brisbane’s Outer ring decreased by just 0.7 percent over the period.
"The Inner Ring does however, remain to be the most expensive region to purchase an apartment.
"During the six month period ending December 2016 apartment prices sat at $468,000, compared to $445,000 in the Middle Ring and $380,000 in Brisbane’s Outer Ring.
"Longer term, the Middle ring has experienced the highest price growth, with median apartment prices increasing by 3.5 percent per annum over the past ten years, followed by the Inner Ring and the Outer Ring, recording 2.7% and 2.3% price growth per annum respectively over the past ten year period.
"The Inner Ring saw the highest number of transactions occur over the December 2016 six month period, recording 2,252 apartment sales.
"This was followed by the Middle Ring, which saw 1,418 sales and the Outer Ring, recording 938 transactions.
"Place Advisory has summarised the five most affordable suburbs, based on median sale price, for houses and apartments in Brisbane’s Inner, Middle and Outer Rings over the past 12 month period.
"Within Brisbane’s Inner Ring, the riverfront suburb of Fairfield was the most affordable for houses, recording a median sale price of $675,000.
"For apartments, East Brisbane topped the list, with median prices currently sitting at $395,000.
"Meanwhile, Rocklea is the most affordable suburb for both houses and apartments in Brisbane’s Middle Ring, recording a median of $385,000 and $320,250 respectively.
"The suburbs older style homes, industrial areas, lack of amenity and high flood risk in recent years have kept property prices low.
"Brisbane’s Outer Ring, home to larger blocks of land, cheaper homes and less amenities, are generally Brisbane’s most affordable suburbs.
"However, with improving infrastructure these suburbs are becoming increasingly popular, particularly with first home buyers and young families.
"Houses in Wacol and apartments in Deagon were the Outer Rings most affordable suburbs, with median sale prices currently sitting at $305,500 and $125,000 respectively.
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