Ellen Lutton

Nearly all of the city’s 50 best-performing suburbs over the past 12 months are priced under $800,000 – and more than half are priced under $500,000.

Any location where you can get in cheaper than everywhere else, but which is also within walking distance of the city centre, is one worth checking out.

Two years ago, there was only one city in Australia that had a median house price over $1 million. There’s been a lot of change in the market since then.

If you’re feeling confused about how prices could possibly be rising again already, you’re not the only one.

There was only one unfamiliar face who bid at The Block auctions this year, and after winning House 3, she took off with her husband in a helicopter to the races.

This year was going to be the year buyers would have the upper hand and – dare we say it – maybe nab a ’bargain’. But this is Australian real estate. It is nothing if not endlessly surprising.

Three years ago Brisbane did not have a $2 million suburb. Now a budget of $5 million is the minimum spend for an entry-level blue chip property and listings around $20 million are being taken off the market by locals.

For some of Brisbane’s highest profile real estate agents, it’s been the professional blow none of them saw coming.

This is the price buyers will pay to live in Australia’s most beautiful towns as ranked by social media.

Reality TV shows are often maligned for the ’drama’ that they manufacture but there’s nothing more real than a live auction on The Block. In 20 seasons, there’s been some unpredictable and crazy moments that have left viewers – and the contestants – stunned.