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Hi James, do you have any updates on said projects? The Emerald rental market is still very flat right now...

Hi Jeanette, The properties are both in Mayfair Ridge. I ended up going with EBM for now - whilst they don't cover flood insurance at the moment, they will be introducing it for all policies early next year. Hopefully the wet season will be mild until then...:)

My stage 10 lot just came back with a soil classification of E-D! Narrowly missed the H2-D that next door has. Be wary of Mayfair Ridge soil types - there have been some builders and buyers caught out by this who have had to have rectification works done. Even the council's entry road is...

Yep, my new IP in stage 7 settled earlier this month and has been languishing on the market awaiting interest. The rental market was going crazy a month ago pushing standard 4-2-2s up around $850-$900/week, but our agent advised there have been some companies pulling their people out of...

Thanks Brett, it is actually Emerald in QLD however - it sits on the Nogoa river flood plain and was badly hit by floods in 2008 and 2010 - although not where I'm buying :D EBM is probably my frontrunner in terms of cost at the moment. Has anyone used/can recommend them?

Hi all, I'm about to take possession of my first IP in Emerald, with another to follow later this year - both new builds, and both outside the flood zones of '08 and '10, but the whole town is currently embargoed by several insurers: Suncorp, Terri Scheer, AAMI to name a few. Can anyone...