We hope in the coming 12 months that we will be able to increase the number of land estates to well over 100, have them spread accross the country with multiple home and land packages available in each land estate that we have online.

House and Land packages are perfect for first home buyers that are looking to buy a home and cant necessarily afford the inner city living provided by established homes. When looking at a house and land package it is important to look at the community that is being developed and understand the infrastructure in the immediate and surrounding areas. Buying into an early stage of a multi stage development can see a property investor or home buyer make good capital growth on the land.

If you are interested in buying a house and land package, visit the Find House and Land website and let us know your thoughts. We are always looking at ways to help improve your search. If you cant find what you are looking for, simply give us a call and we can help you out!

On Monday we met with Sunland and Niecon. We also walked through the main streets of the Gold Coast and noticed the lack of new development that was occurring except for a couple of major projects.

After driving through to Brisbane on Monday afternoon we spent Tuesday meeting with Vecchio Property Group, Meridien, Colliers, Aria Property Group and DTZ. It was a full day with some great feedback from those that are currently listed and those that weren’t were impressed with our offerings.

Wednesday in Brisbane was a public holiday due to Ekka. The city streets were quiet. I took a walk from the city across the foot bridge to Southbank… what a beautiful day. Southbank is definitely a favourite of mine, so close to the city with cafes, restaurants and more. Part of Southbank area includes manmade swimming pools and lagoons. It was packed, kids of full of life and families enjoying the day off work and school.

Thursday we met with Pradella in the morning along with a local real estate agency and Witt Property Group. After our final meeting we headed north to Mooloolaba, where they are currently doing some streetscape changes which see a more friendly pedestrian experience along the main strip of shops.

On Friday morning we met with Avara Property Group and RGD Property in Kawana. Kawana is amazing new city and I will spend more time discussing it in a future Blog post. In the afternoon we met with an FKP representative regarding Perigien Springs Land Estate and Reed Property in Maroochydore.

Saturday we met with Colliers Sunshine Coast in regards to Viridian Resort and Spa located just off Hasting Street in Noosa as well as the development manager from Settlers Cove.

The trip to Queensland was informative. We have learnt a lot about the different local markets and the new developments that will be coming up over the next 12 months. There are a lot of exciting new developments and Find Investment Property will be bringing you many of these investment opportunities when they first launch onto the market.

Our first day in Melbourne, we met with developers that crossed the inner city regions. We first went to Collingwood to meet with Caydon, across to busy Richmond to meet with Cubo and then over to Port Melbourne where we met with Salta. The evening was spent in Brunswick. Each one of these places is so different and offers a fantastic lifestyle to anyone that lives or visits the areas.

Collingwood is one of Melbourne’s oldest suburbs with many old heritage buildings. Richmond is going through a period of gentrification with a mix of the ultra modern and tired old buildings that are waiting for a little attention. The three main streets in Richmond that are going through the current gentrification include Victoria, Swan and Bridge Streets. Port Melbourne is a suburb largely dominated by industrial sites at present along the shores through to open parklands, bayside beaches, exclusive apartments and Bay Street’s restaurants and cafes.

Tuesday we explored other suburbs including Prahran, St Kilda and the City. Through the day we met Hamton, Bensons Property Group, Brady Property Group and FKP. A lot of new apartment developments are occurring in these suburbs. Each of these suburbs is all well established.

Wednesday was another day on the road meeting with developments. We met with PDG in the City, Deal Corporation in Toorak, Birner Property Group in Armadale and Ninety Four Feet in North Caulfield. We spent the afternoon exploring some of the suburbs in eastern Melbourne out to Oakleigh.

The suburb Toorak is the glitz and glamour of Melbourne. Definitely the most upmarket strip shops I have visited during the week and very clean. Looking in the window of the local real estate agent, prices are high. Toorak is not only viewed as one of the best (thus also most expensive) suburbs in Melbourne, but also in Australia.

Thursday we met with FDG (Salvo Property Group), Extension Marketing, Fridcorp in South Yarra, Hickory in Richmond and Map Concepts just north of the city in Fitzroy.

Overall the visit was a huge success. Getting feedback from the developers has been positive and we look forward to bring you more new projects from these developers plus many more that we are currently talking to.

It is easy to see why Melbourne has been such a popular market for property investors over the last few years…. it is a great place to live!

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As many of you would know, Find Investment Property is a new property portal in the Australian market with a focus on assisting our website users with buying new properties around Australia. Our portal has a number of premium features that can help make your decision a little bit easier when buying off the plan from local or interstate locations.

Property listings

• Our Property listings provide you with significantly more data than any other property portal in Australia. We provide as much information as possible as directed by the Developer or Agent listing the property
• Complementing the listing information we provide additional data such as the location of surrounding amenities (Shops, schools, hospitals, etc), suburb, region and state profiles in our research library as well as profiles on the Developer and Architect involved in the development.
• We will also be adding demographic information on a suburb and state level in the near future which has been sourced directly from the Australian Bureau of Statistics
• We give our users the ability to research a location first before selecting a property
• Our Knowledge Centre will become a rich source of information for those looking for more information about buying property. This has only recently been launched and we are currently seeking more companies to contribute articles to help both owner occupiers and investors using our site.

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Contributors
We hope to have a number of contributors on our blog over the next few months which will help give everyone a broader perspective on the property market. We are currently looking for experts in relevant areas of the property market to help contribute. If you wish to, or you know anyone that would like to help contribute please feel free to contact us.