Homes in Sunnybank, where this Romulus St home has already gone under contract, have achieved substantial price growth in the past five years. Picture: realestate.com.au
THESE are the Brisbane suburbs where buyers struck it rich. They bought in at affordable prices five years ago and have since had significant price growth.
Houses in Sunnybank experienced the biggest dollar median price gain with prices up by 50.7 per cent or $251,500 since 2012.
Northgate, Carina Heights, Holland Park, Wishart, and Coopers Plains all recorded a median price jump of more than $200,000 during the period.
Other solid performers were Sunnybank Hills, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt East and Calamvale which all recorded growth of more than $170,000 during the period.
The analysis by finder.com.au of CoreLogic data, was for houses valued under $500,000 in 2012.
Money expert, Bessie Hassan said in five years alone, some property prices in metropolitan suburbs had more than doubled.
The top performers in Brisbane were dominated by suburbs in the outer ring.
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