It's the question we get more than any other, and the honest answer in the current Brisbane market is usually no. Trade availability is still stretched following the post-2020 building boom, materials pricing hasn't returned to pre-2020 levels and isn't expected to, and the gap between what a renovation costs and what it adds to your eventual sale price has narrowed to the point where overcapit...
National headlines about the Brisbane market are interesting but they don't tell you much about Paddington, Bardon, Ashgrove or Red Hill specifically. Brisbane as a whole is one market on paper, but anyone who's bought or sold in the Inner West knows it operates on its own rules, with its own buyer pool and its own pricing logic that doesn't always move in step with the city average. Across the...