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49 [ places ] New & Noted Places and plans for your travel diary 49
freNch coNNectioNs Why now is the right time to invest in France 52
dowN uNder Where to buy on Australia’s east coast 58
takiNg oN tax Your guide to tax efficient destinations 64
top teN LOFT looks skyward to the world’s tallest buildings 70
siNgapore shophouses Beautiful renovations are transforming the town 82
loft directorYSpaces, Faces and Places that inspired us this issue 88
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Mornington Peninsula hot spot Portsea has recorded a rare 3.5 per cent slide to its $1.45 million (HK$12m) house median. Nonetheless, the narrow slice of prime water-fronted land is protected by “a prop-erty market love bubble”, according to long-time observer Warwick Anderson. It has only posted 36 house sales in the past 12 months so the tricky part for investors will be securing one of its few listings, RT Edgar director Anderson says. “Our homeown-ers tend to downsize in Melbourne before they will ever sell in Portsea,” Anderson explains. “Perhaps it is partly ego-driven but no matter what, they tend to hold on and do the opposite of what happens in a traditional holiday home location.”
Anderson says recent “long, cold” months have been quiet. There have been some sales under $1 million (HK$8.2m) but vendors with houses above $1 million have largely opted to remove their listings from the market. “Most of these people don’t have to sell so you could say Portsea sits in a property market love bubble protected by its low stock numbers and the fact when times get tough listings
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ASCOT – QUEENSLANDQueensland’s prestige house values have struggled since 2008 due to the double-hit of GFC-fallout and natural disasters. Ascot, in the inner ring of Brisbane, is one of the northern city’s most prestigious suburbs. Its highest sale price this year was $4.8 million (HK$39.7m) for a house on 1239sqm, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland. Its median house price, however, slid backwards to $972,500 (HK$8.05m); a dip of 8.9 per cent.
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Harcourts Ascot agent David Havig says the leafy suburb has 12 “top streets” with blocks averaging 500 sqm to 600 sqm and buyers should hunt west of Racecourse Drive. “Traditionally we get a lot of expat buyers investing in Ascot and have seen more expats returning home from Europe this year with families and looking for lifestyle properties,” Havig reports.
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