Unit Discounts

The oversupply problem in Brisbane is heating up, with the Queensland Treasury now warning its apartment market could take a turn for the worse, especially if the bigger Sydney and Melbourne markets begin to falter.
But Metro said the discounts applied only to residual stock, not entire projects or launch prices, with residual discounting being part of a business-as-usual stock clearance.
"We are not discounting [the original prices of] apartments in Brisbane, but rather managing an orderly sell down of any remaining stock we have," Metro marketing and sales general manager Phil Leahy said.
The heat has certainly come out of the Brisbane market from where it was a couple of years ago, but we see it as just back to normal market conditions with good buying opportunities and plenty of growth potential in the coming years to buyers entering the market now.
"We have already secured buyers for the four buildings and are in the run up to settling the last of these units over the next couple of months."
He said discounts were sometimes offered by agents on their own accord, hoping developers would accept the lower prices.