- Brisbane property driven by 2032 Olympic infrastructure boom.
- $20 billion investment fuels jobs and economic activity.
- Brisbane ranked top location for capital growth in 2025.
Brisbane’s property market has a gold-winning future ahead of it, driven by growing demand, a huge Olympic infrastructure spend and a solid local economy.
Hotspotting General Manager Tim Graham said there was no doubt that Brisbane was one of Australia’s busiest property markets.
“It recently became only the second capital city to have a median house price above $1 million, behind Sydney,” he said.
“And our analysis using a range of different metrics ranks it the top location for capital growth in 2025.”
Mr Graham said the Brisbane market was underpinned by a sturdy local economy, big population growth, a massive infrastructure spend and appealing lifestyle features. And it is getting additional impetus from its status as the main host city for the 2032 Olympic Games.
“The Federal government and the Queensland State Government have finalised the funding agreement to allow preparations for the Games to proceed, with $20 billion to be invested in sports venues and transport infrastructure,” he said.
This is like feeding steroids to property markets. Nothing supercharges real estate demand like investment in infrastructure, which generates big economic activity and creates many thousands of jobs – both during construction and also after projects are completed and operating.
Tim Graham, Hotspotting
Mr Graham said Brisbane’s unit market in particular was one to watch.
In many parts of Greater Brisbane, houses are showing solid to strong growth but are being outperformed by units in the same area, particularly in the Brisbane North East precinct.
“These are middle-ring suburbs close to Brisbane Airport, the Port of Brisbane, the Australia TradeCoast commercial precinct, which is the biggest employment zone in Greater Brisbane, and major transport routes including the Gateway Motorway and commuter rail links,” he said.
He said one of the key factors driving the precinct was that although many suburbs had median house prices above $1 million, the median prices for units were in the $600,000s.
“Affordability is a huge factor, though not the only one,” he said.
“This out-performance of attached dwellings is being seen right across Greater Brisbane.”
House prices continue to rise steadily across Greater Brisbane and the improved performance of unit markets gave buyers a range of options in one of the nation’s most compelling growth markets.
