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I have invested in Gladstone and also think Karratha like returns are highly unlikley, I do however think there will be good growth on value and rent. Personally I think Rockhampton has some good upside too especially on bottom end units. Cheers and good luck BT

they are talking 'fast train' to rocky, govt plan likley to take 15 years if ever

i bought a few and it was nice, it has also come back 10-15% also off the peak. interesting i bought houses but it was the cheap 2 bed units that went up 100%, i have learnt something from that and a couple of other places about buying right at bottom of market in regional boom towns, tends...

in the 2006/2007 boom gladstone rose between 60-100% depending on what u bought, those other towns had no where near the same growth so will be interesting to see what happens this time

hi mtr, last months negative about 10%, maybe 15% cheers bt

property moved bigger % in last boom in 2006. it being so recent may effect how quickly it moves and moving off a higher base but it does show how quickly it can grow. i know of some units that went from $125k to $240k in 12 months and are now around $230k. cheers bt

I think Gladstone is a much safer option, don't think there is much downside in capital values, potentially massive growth in rent and values. The risk is Gladstone goes sideways for 5 years and the opportunity cost of where the investment could have been is the actual risk. Prices unlike to...