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It was an exciting morning on the Sunshine Coast yesterday, with the Queensland Premier, Sunshine Coast Mayor, Olympian Leisel Jones and the Chair of the 2032 Olympic committee all presenting to the business community about the local opportunities arising from the 2032 Games. More than $16 billion of infrastructure investment has either been approved or…

When talking about the property market and predicting future trends, what we pride ourselves on at Direct Collective is our ability to look deeper into things. We have a well-developed and robust way of grading sources and information before it enters our modelling when we make our predictions. In developing our models we look for…

A survey released earlier this month has revealed more than 200,000 people are considering making the big move to Queensland…but where exactly are they going to live? The Property Council of Australia found 1 in 20 people from Sydney and Melbourne are ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ looking to move interstate in the next five years, with…

When you picture a homeless person what do you see in your mind? Is it a lawyer sleeping on their friend’s couch? A single mum and her three children cramming into a family member’s spare bedroom? Tradies sleeping in cars? Families pitching tents? This is homelessness and reality on the Sunshine Coast. On Tuesday Direct…

…And why the Queensland Government is making the housing crisis worse The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) kicked off a multi-year campaign this week that aims to start a conversation across the country about removing stamp duty fees from the overall cost of purchasing a home. The national campaign is called “Axe the Tax”,…

The Greens Party has called for a rent freeze for two years and a cap on price increases once the suspension lapses. It is clear the Greens do not have an understanding of the current housing crisis issue, as policies like this are guaranteed to put people on the streets. The Greens’ political game-playing is…