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Peter’s Prattle

Another year of opportunities is available for buyers and sellers which is driven by;

2025 ended with a 13% reduction in annual listings for commercial properties. If you take out the recent rush on farm listings then this reduction is dramatically more striking. Be sure to focus on CRE commercialrealestate.com.au rather than realcommercial.com.au because agents and clients are both voting with their feet about the massive price for onsite advertising coupled with poor numbers of enquiries.
Business listings are either up 9% if you include every franchise known who is pushing for new suckers or down 13% for existing businesses.
What about demand? Enquiries are down 35% however, January 2026 is 10% higher than January 2025.

This means… who knows? I am sensing things picking up in both prices and demand which is substantiated by the RBA getting back on their putting up interest rates bike.

p.s. love free stuff? Well if you have been looking for a commercial property for more than six months then you will love that I have a free sample chapter of my book now available on my webpage. It’s at the end of the book introduction on page 2.

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Sold to a local who is expanding their business footprint.

Existing businesses are taking industrial space which is making it harder for investors.

New Listing –

Fully let arcade with bank and 5 other tenants. 6.1% ROI at $810,000 Not yet advertised so be darn quick. Video available here. Probably in the top 2 best listings I have had in the last year.

Thanks for CHITCHAT newspaper for being our ongoing sponsor of our special interest article.

Offices are tipped to return to favour with investors while industrial will continue to be a safe harbour for investors in 2026, experts predict.

As investment capital follows the population north to Queensland, Brisbane along with it’s key coastal regions in the Gold and Sunshine Coasts are tipped to be hot performers.

Brisbane’s CBD will deliver the highest compound annual growth rate for rents in the country (7.1 per cent), outpacing Sydney (5.7 per cent) and Melbourne (4.4 per cent) between 2026 and 2030, according to the latest Knight Frank Australian Horizon report.

Elsewhere the smart money is on Melbourne, where a recent run of poor performance presents opportunities for savvy investors to enter the market at a lower price. While over in the west, Perth is shedding it’s image of resource reliance, with emergent opportunities across industrial assets, particularly those linked to defence.

Here are the commercial property hotspots tipped to dominate the market in 2026.

Queensland

Hotspots: Premium properties in Brisbane’s CBD, Brisbane Trade Coast and major regional centres.

While southern capitals grapple with tax changes and slower recoveries, Queensland is riding a wave of migration, infrastructure spending, and favourable tax settings for investors.

A-grade offices and industrial and commercial assets in key regions like the Gold and Sunshine Coasts are forecast to grow in 2026.

Knight Frank’s chief economist Ben Burston said top-tier CBD buildings will continue to outperform in 2026.

“While backfill space has been created by the new supply, availability in premium and high-A buildings has seen quick take-up,” Burston said.

“The difference between the top 10-15 buildings and generic A grade space will widen over 2026.”

Brisbane’s CBD will deliver the highest compound annual growth rate for rents in the country. Photo: iStock

The Brisbane Trade Coast has also emerged as a key hotspot. Anchored by the Port of Brisbane and the airport, this precinct commands a “substantial rental premium” over the wider market.

“With vacant freehold land virtually non-existent, land values are defying gravity, and rental growth is expected to outperform other locations,” Burston said.

One of the biggest shifts for 2026 will reflect a renewed confidence in regional Queensland. No longer viewed as just a holiday destination or a resource play, regions such as the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast are emerging as a core allocation for serious investors.

Cushman & Wakefield head of investment sales Daniel Cullinane said regional investment markets in Queensland were seeing improved performance off the back of affordability, infrastructure improvements, population inflows and diversified local economies.

“We’re seeing investor activity driven by value re-rating potential and yield compression compared to metropolitan benchmarks, positioning these markets as a core allocation, rather than a peripheral strategy.”

Cullinane singled out regional Queensland for continuing investment potential, as capital was drawn to essential service sectors.

“Assets backed by high-calibre tenants – such as healthcare, fuel, fast food, and childcare – are attracting intense interest due to their income security,” he said.