The end of the long dry season, before the arrival of the wet, may seem an unusual time for extensive Northern Australian cattle properties to be hitting the market, but a string of them have done so over the past few weeks. In this week’s property review, industry contacts look at what’s driving it…Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, November 25, 2020
Hewitt’s Harvest Home sells to a north QLD local | Maranoa’s Glenochar makes around $7.5m | $17m for south east Queensland’s Glenapp | Versatile St George country makes $5.5m..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, November 18, 2020
China’s investment boom cycle in Australian and global agriculture appears to be over. According to KPMG and the University of Sydney’s Business School, a sharp decline occurred in both the value and number of transactions by Chinese investors into Australia last year, including those in agriculture…Read More
Theodore’s Acacia makes $6.8m plus | Drillham’s Mundibulanga sells for $8m | A district record for Maranoa’s Tomoo | Expansion for south west QLD family | Well-watered Yambutta sells to local family | New England block changes hands after 131 years | Quality buffel country at Mitchell makes $2.8m | Locals expand with Central QLD backgrounding country | ..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, October 21, 2020
Chinese pay $60m for Victoria’s Yaloak Estate | $27m secures Clermont’s Dooruna for expansion | Maranoa’s The Haven under offer post-auction..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, September 9, 2020
North Queensland downs country makes $5.7 million | Woodward family secures Bollon’s Whyenbirra | Central Queensland’s Palari listed for $17 million after being passed-in | Smaller traprock block sells
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Higher rainfall grazing country in NSW snapped up | More than $10m for Malborough’s Develin | Thargomindah’s Autumnvale secured for expansion | Roma’s Plain Farm sells after 140 years | South west Queensland’s Yambutta relisted | NSW’s Digilah Station returns to the market | Armidale’s picturesque Oaklands makes $2.6m..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, July 29, 2020
Twiggy Forest ventures into the WA’s Kimberley | Moura’s Prospect Park and Surat’s Spring Grove make district records | Family purchases Westmar’s Wallanba | Neighbours secure Mitchell’s Greenoaks..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, July 15, 2020
Allan Myers pays $14m for Victoria’s Devon Park | South Australians purchase Queensland’s Forest Grove | Charleville’s Nungil makes $227/ha..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, June 17, 2020
COVID-driven people movement restrictions on property auctions are slowly easing across the country. This week’s property review looks at the pros and cons of the digital auction platform adopted by agents during the six-week ban on travel and direct inspection since March. Is online property selling here to stay, or will traditional physical auctions return to dominance?..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, June 10, 2020
Inverell Station returns home | Baralaba country makes more than $4000/ha | John Purcell’s Yatton makes $7.4m | Neighbour secures Diamantina channel country | Neighbour expands with SA’s Bosworth Station | Interest continues for well-located Brooklyn aggregation..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, June 3, 2020
In the past three months, around 100,000ha of prime grazing country in NSW and QLD worth more than $50m has been snapped up by buyers making offers prior to assets going to auction. Is it a short-term phenomenon during times of limited listings, or a long term trend? Is economic uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 a factor? Property editor Linda Rowley seeks answers..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, May 27, 2020