Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
Mar 28th 2009, 6:57 pm
#1
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 100
Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
Virtually all Gold Coast suburbs are expected to be job-loss hot spots, with Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, Worongary, Coomera, Upper Coomera, Coolangatta, Parkwood, Gaven, Pacific Pines, Oxenford, Bonogin, Bilinga and Pacific Pines the worst affected.
Medium to high-risk suburbs include Arundel, Ashmore, Benowa, Biggera Waters, Broadbeach Waters, Bundall, Burleigh Heads, Carrara, Clear Island Waters, Coombabah, Main Beach, Currumbin, Hollywell, Labrador, Mermaid Beach, Merrimac, Mudgeeraba, Palm Beach, Paradise Point, Robina and Southport
Medium to high-risk suburbs include Arundel, Ashmore, Benowa, Biggera Waters, Broadbeach Waters, Bundall, Burleigh Heads, Carrara, Clear Island Waters, Coombabah, Main Beach, Currumbin, Hollywell, Labrador, Mermaid Beach, Merrimac, Mudgeeraba, Palm Beach, Paradise Point, Robina and Southport
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/...al-estate.html
Saw the above in another forum. Sobering article and includes lot more info
Mar 28th 2009, 7:43 pm
#2
Banned
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 592
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
Well thanks for that?
Just the kind of work i will be looking at, taxi driving and Door security work, great stuff cheers!
My thread?
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594579
Am i a happy chappy, two guesses, bet you guess correct? At least we will all be in the same boat?
I was under the impression it has not hit Australia yet, and when it does it will not really be felt at all. Jobs were looking pretty safe and rents/property costs were holding up due to the increased demand of us migrants?
Just the kind of work i will be looking at, taxi driving and Door security work, great stuff cheers!
My thread?
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594579
Am i a happy chappy, two guesses, bet you guess correct? At least we will all be in the same boat?
I was under the impression it has not hit Australia yet, and when it does it will not really be felt at all. Jobs were looking pretty safe and rents/property costs were holding up due to the increased demand of us migrants?
Last edited by Keith Moon; Mar 28th 2009 at 7:51 pm.
Mar 28th 2009, 9:15 pm
#3
Forum Regular
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Perth, WA
Posts: 184
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
I'm a musician. will this affect me? 
Mar 28th 2009, 9:15 pm
#4
Forum Regular
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 95
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
oh... like this was a surprise.
If you think this is bad, just wait 8-9 months...
If you think this is bad, just wait 8-9 months...
Mar 28th 2009, 11:01 pm
#5
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Location: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Posts: 93,810
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
A quick scan of the trheads in this forum over the last few weeks should've told you otherwise....
Mar 29th 2009, 2:25 am
#6
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
A house that was on the market in 2004 for $14 million finally sold on Friday for $7 million but it's so ghastly, I wouldn't have given you $700,000 for it. Rental prices are much the same as usual but the market is definitely slower than it was.
Shit happens, and here is no different.
Mar 29th 2009, 7:42 am
#7
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: The Gold Coast, QLD
Posts: 443
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
I work for a small cabinet making company and barely a day goes by without someone calling in asking for a job as companies go under and shed workers.
Ironically there are guys still starting cabinet making courses on student visas at great cost to themselves as a way into Australia. Not quiet sure where they will get placements never mind jobs.
If you are looking for a job then walk through the door rather than phone or write.
Ironically there are guys still starting cabinet making courses on student visas at great cost to themselves as a way into Australia. Not quiet sure where they will get placements never mind jobs.
If you are looking for a job then walk through the door rather than phone or write.
Mar 29th 2009, 12:20 pm
#8
Banned
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 592
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
No idea where you got that impression from. It's a global problem, the GC is no different to anywhere else. Saying that, there are still a few pages of jobs in the paper, but not nearly as many as there used to be. As far as I'm aware, there is no increased demand from migrants, from what I read, there are less migrants because they are holding back from moving from their home country in such uncertain times.
A house that was on the market in 2004 for $14 million finally sold on Friday for $7 million but it's so ghastly, I wouldn't have given you $700,000 for it. Rental prices are much the same as usual but the market is definitely slower than it was.
Shit happens, and here is no different.
A house that was on the market in 2004 for $14 million finally sold on Friday for $7 million but it's so ghastly, I wouldn't have given you $700,000 for it. Rental prices are much the same as usual but the market is definitely slower than it was.
Shit happens, and here is no different.
The Uk is in dire straights, all you hear is doom and doom, at least in Australia, the media keep reporting only good news, the doom just does not get reported!!
Mar 29th 2009, 12:35 pm
#9
I'm now an Aussie too!!!
Joined: May 2006
Location: 'Home by the Sea' Elanora
Posts: 5,030
Mar 29th 2009, 3:14 pm
#10
Jan4kids
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Hertfordshire - Adelaide - now Gold Coast.
Posts: 1,156
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
Give us a link then 
Mar 29th 2009, 4:49 pm
#11
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 8,147
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
If the sun is shining, and the beer is cold, well gret hey! I still hope and believe to some degree that Australia will fair better than the UK.
The Uk is in dire straights, all you hear is doom and doom, at least in Australia, the media keep reporting only good news, the doom just does not get reported!!
The Uk is in dire straights, all you hear is doom and doom, at least in Australia, the media keep reporting only good news, the doom just does not get reported!!
sun and cold beer dont pay the mortgage.
if you go to aus with that attitude you are in for a huuuuuge shock mate ... time to take the rose tinted specs off methinks.
Mar 30th 2009, 2:45 am
#12
BE Forum Addict
Joined: May 2003
Location: GC
Posts: 3,353
Re: Future for the Gold Coast Not Looking Good
