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Rockhampton is âapproaching the top tiersâ of housing price growth, according to analysis by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland.
REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella and chairman Peter Brewer visited the Frenchville Sports Club on Wednesday as part of a trip across the state, updating residents on their local real estate market.
Ms Mercorella said the regional market was performing âin a way that weâve not seen in a really long timeâ.
âItâs certainly a very positive market here in Rockhampton,â she said.
âVacancy rates at the moment are sitting at 0.6 per cent, so itâs a very tight market.
Queensland’s population is expected to surge by more than 250,000 people in the next four years, and it’s all being driven by residents of other states.
Federal Member for Capricornia Michelle Landry is calling on the state Labor members for Rockhampton and Keppel to step up and help Central Queensland’s “housing crisis”.
In a letter addressed to The Morning Bulletin, Ms Landry claimed Member for Rockhampton Barry O’Rourke and Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga had a “if I look away it will go away” attitude to local issues, including Central Queensland’s “housing affordability crisis”.
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“The local state Labor members for Rockhampton and Keppel love to talk, but on this one they have been caught out by their ‘if I look away it will go away’ attitude to local issues.