{"id":1534,"date":"2017-09-27T10:55:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T00:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/blog\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2021-12-14T12:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T02:05:54","slug":"townsville-property-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspectmyhome.com.au\/blog\/townsville-property-market\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get into the Townsville property market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Record low-interest rates coupled with house prices bottoming out mean there has never been a better time for first home-buyers to enter the Townsville property market. REIQ Townsville zone chairman Damian Keyes said first home buyers were often put off by well-meaning but ill-informed advice to stay out of the property market. At some point, you have to ignore three-quarters of that advice and just jump in.<\/p>\n

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“Find out what deposit you need, find out how much the loan repayments will be and once you have that nailed down then you can go looking for a house.”<\/p>\n

First-home buyers in search of affordability should stay away from suburbs like Castle Hill, where the median house price is $862,5000. North Ward, Rangewood and Belgian Gardens also all have median house prices well over the Townsville average and above $450,000.<\/p>\n

Buyers can find even more affordable houses in suburbs like Heatley<\/a> where the median house price is $239,000, while Thuringowa Central<\/a>, Garbutt<\/a>, Wulguru<\/a>, Condon<\/a>, Vincent<\/a> and Currajong<\/a> all have median house prices under $270,000.<\/p>\n

Mr Keyes said first home buyers shouldn’t be too picky, many get bogged down trying to find their dream home.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of first-home buyers if they can\u2019t have the stone benchtops and the theatre room they won\u2019t jump in.”<\/p>\n

“Don’t let perfect get in the way of getting started” he said<\/p>\n

\u201cGet out open homes and see what the prices are doing \u2026 just don\u2019t sit on the fence.”<\/p>\n

Click here to read the article in full<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you’ve already started your search for a property in Townsville, don’t forget that a pre-purchase building and pest inspection can not only save you from making a costly mistake, it could potentially shave off a bit from the asking price if some issues are found.<\/p>\n

Contact our Townsville building and pest inspectors<\/a> today to arrange an inspection by calling us on (07) 4773 2294 or book an inspection online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Record low-interest rates coupled with house prices bottoming out mean there has never been a better time for first home-buyers to enter the Townsville property market. REIQ Townsville zone chairman Damian Keyes said first home buyers were often put off by well-meaning but ill-informed advice to stay out of the property market. At some point, you … <\/p>\n

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