Buying Gold Coast

👉 Getting ready to buy on the Gold Coast in 2027? Talk to the Srama team → https://www.srama.com.au/contact-us

Is the Gold Coast property market crashing? Sentiment says yes, but the numbers say it has flattened. I break down the latest Cotality figures (September quarter 2026) and what they mean if you're planning to buy property on the Gold Coast.

I also share my prediction for the Australian housing market once interest rates come down, and why I think the move will be sharp, not slow.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

- Is the Gold Coast property market crashing, or has it flattened?

- The Cotality numbers: how far Sydney, Brisbane and the national market are off their peaks

- Why the Gold Coast is one of the strongest markets in Australia right now

- Fact vs feel: how sentiment and the media shape the housing market

- Why so many Gold Coast buyers are preparing but not buying yet

- Supply, climate and rental yields of 4 to 5%: why demand for the Gold Coast is still strong

- Why some experienced investors, including me, have bought in the last few weeks

- Where interest rates in Australia could head, and what that could mean for property prices

- Will the housing market crash in 2027? My 90-day view on the Gold Coast

- How to get ready now so you're not chasing the market when it turns

Mentioned in this episode

Cotality home value data → https://www.cotality.com/au/our-data/indices

Bell Partners → https://www.bellpartners.com/

Kollosche → https://kollosche.com.au

🎧 Listen next

Want to know what the team was seeing on the ground in September? Listen to my Gold Coast property update with Brandon next → https://open.spotify.com/episode/7y7ADEoAQO9rHCNql2ibq7

Connect with us

BGC Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/buying_goldcoast/

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

Watch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB7ggrHZGGUoUwDQiLhBDUw

Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/buying-gold-coast/id1595508122

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Want my property portfolio spreadsheet?

Leave a review for the show, then DM me "spreadsheet" on Instagram and my team will send it to you → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

New episodes every Tuesday.

Disclaimer: The information in this episode is general in nature and isn't financial, legal or tax advice. Speak to a licensed professional about your own situation.

👉 Looking for an off-market Gold Coast home to renovate? Talk to the Srama team → https://www.srama.com.au/contact-us

The Gold Coast property market is full of new luxury builds, and the finishes shape how buyers feel the moment they walk in. This week I sat down with Matt Jamieson, founder of RenderX, whose work on PJH Constructions' Wingspan won Residential Trade Contractor of the Year at the 2026 Gold Coast Master Builders Housing & Construction Awards.

Ten years ago, render was something you put over brick and painted. Now micro cement bathrooms, Venetian plaster feature walls and rendered kitchen islands are turning up in almost every high-end home on the Coast. Matt explains where it's worth spending the money if you're planning a home renovation or building a house.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Why render has gone from a nice-to-have to nearly a must-have in Gold Coast luxury homes

• Venetian plaster vs micro cement: what's the difference?

• Lime-based vs resin-based micro cement, and which one belongs in a rental

• Bathroom renovation ideas: why most jobs tile the floor and use micro cement on the walls

• Kitchen upgrades: the micro cement island and splashback that lifts the whole room

• Limited reno budget: spend it inside or outside?

• What micro cement and Venetian plaster cost per square metre

• Home buying tips: how to tell a cheap finish from a quality one, and what to ask before you buy

• What goes wrong when micro cement is done badly in a bathroom

• Gold Coast interior design trends right now, including Dulux Hog Bristle and Beige Royal Half

• 82 cranes, the hinterland and Labrador: where Matty sees the Gold Coast heading

Mentioned in this episode

RenderX → https://www.renderx.com.au

Dulux Hog Bristle → https://www.dulux.com.au/colour/hog-bristle

Dulux Beige Royal Half → https://www.dulux.com.au/colour/beige-royal-half

See Matt's work in person: Rick Shaw's, Malibu Racket Club and Palm Springs on the Gold Coast, and Melrose Bagels in Kingscliff

🎧 Listen next

Building a luxury home on the Gold Coast? Watch my chat with builder Nathan Grimmond next → https://youtu.be/JxMLF_0PsSc

Connect with Matt Jamieson

RenderX website → https://www.renderx.com.au 

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/render.x 

Connect with us

BGC Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/buying_goldcoast/

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/buying-gold-coast/id1595508122

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Want my property portfolio spreadsheet?

Leave a review for the show, then DM me "spreadsheet" on Instagram and my team will send it to you → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/

Micro cement or Venetian plaster: which would you pick for your next home? Tell me in the comments.

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

New episodes every Tuesday.

👉 Want a Gold Coast block that suits a granny flat? Talk to the Srama team → https://www.srama.com.au/contact-us

Granny flats in Australia are changing how Gold Coast families and investors buy. This episode brings together our best granny flat conversations from the past 12 months, recorded across several episodes, because it's one of the most common questions the people we work with ask us.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

First, I go through the two groups of buyers driving this. Owner occupiers are using granny flats for intergenerational living, with parents helping their kids into the market or kids bringing their parents closer, while housing affordability stays tight. Investors can now rent a granny flat to someone outside the family. I also share a property investment strategy I've used myself: buy an investment property in the right location, add value with a cosmetic renovation, get it revalued, and use that home equity to fund a granny flat. You end up with two rental incomes on one title, plus capital growth.

Then builder Tim Sayce, founder of Kai Konstruct, draws on his background in property development to explain how approvals work on the Gold Coast, how long a build takes, how to tell if your block suits a granny flat, and when it isn't worth doing. He also shares a Northern Gold Coast project where a $470k granny flat changed the bank's valuation.

To finish, Justin Hughes, marketing manager at Srama, brings me a listener question about an 860 m² corner block in Pacific Pines: granny flat, duplex or cosmetic renovation?

In this episode, we cover:

-Why granny flats are getting more popular on the Gold Coast

-How intergenerational living is helping parents and kids into the market

-Renting a granny flat to someone outside your family (always check current council rules)

-What granny flats rent for on the Gold Coast: around $600 to $800 a week for two bedrooms and $400 to $600 for one

-Using a cosmetic renovation and revaluation to fund a granny flat build

-Turning a negative cash flow property into a positive one

-DA vs BA: how long it takes to get a granny flat approved on the Gold Coast

-How long a granny flat takes to build on a flat or sloping site

-The PABS checklist: privacy, access, build method and site services

-When a granny flat can hurt your property's value, and when a renovation is the better move

-How banks now value and lend on granny flats using as-complete valuations

-Granny flat, duplex or cosmetic renovation: what adds the most value in Pacific Pines

Connect with Tim Sayce

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/timsayce/

Kai Konstruct Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/kaikonstruct/

Website → https://kaikonstruct.com.au/

🎁 Want my property portfolio spreadsheet?

Leave a review for the show, then DM me "spreadsheet" on Instagram and my team will send it to you → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/

Connect with us

BGC Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/buying_goldcoast/

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

Watch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB7ggrHZGGUoUwDQiLhBDUw

Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/buying-gold-coast/id1595508122

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

New episodes every Tuesday.

Disclaimer: The information in this episode is general in nature and isn't financial, legal or tax advice. Speak to a licensed professional about your own situation.

Shivani and her husband Sam built their dream home in Canberra. Then they sold it and moved to the Gold Coast.

In 12 months they secured a canal front home in Broadbeach Waters and two investment properties, all while running a business and raising two young boys.

This is the first episode of Everyday Gold Coaster. Matt sits down with Shivani to unpack how they did it, from making the move to setting up an SMSF and buying in two weeks.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Moving to the Gold Coast: why they left the dream home they built in Canberra

• The values conversation that made the decision

• Facing the fears of moving interstate with kids and a business

• Building a network before you land

• Selling first with a long settlement so you can buy relaxed

• The rent to feel method for interstate buyers

• Putting lazy equity to work in a buyers market

• Building a property portfolio with two different strategies

• A northern Gold Coast waterfront house bought for capital growth

• SMSF property: setting up a fund and buying a Miami duplex in two weeks

• How to invest in real estate as a couple: know your numbers first

• Why a formal, unconditional offer beat the competition

• Why beachside duplexes rent close to what houses do

• Dream home design tips: north facing living, renovating and building up for views

• Where Shivani sees Gold Coast property investment opportunity next

Connect with ShivaniMadison Interiors → https://madisoninteriors.com.au/

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/madison.interiors_/ 

Connect with usInstagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8VGold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

A lot of Gold Coast owners are stuck right now. They need to sell to buy, but their property isn't moving.

There are fewer buyers around, and the longer a listing sits, the harder it gets to sell.

In this episode Matt breaks down four ways to get unstuck. 

If you're in this spot, send Matt a DM.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Why so many Gold Coast owners are stuck in the sell to buy window

• The market window: why selling and buying should happen close together

• Matt’s take on the Gold Coast property market from now to February

• How selling now and buying later can mean selling low and buying high

• When holding on beats selling below your price

• Bridging finance and other ways to buy before you sell

• Why the first 10 days decide how your property sells

• How to sell your house fast in a buyers market: price it right from day one

• Why weekly price drops make buyers think something’s wrong

• How a stale listing slides to page 2 or 3 of the real estate portals

• Choosing an agent who tells you the truth, not what you want to hear

• Property not selling? Why taking a breather can work

• Turning it into a property investment while you wait: renting or holiday letting over Christmas

• Relaunching fresh with new photos, a new campaign, a new agent or a new sale method

Connect with usInstagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

This episode originally aired on Freedom Renegades with Aaron Thompson and Emily Greenaway, founders of Fast Flip Formula and Aussie Property Flippers → https://www.youtube.com/@freedomrenegadespodcast

Matt joins Az and Em on Freedom Renegades to talk identity, the athlete mindset and what footy taught him about business. 

Then they get into Gold Coast supply, spotting gentrification, breaking through borrowing limits and why the best deals are won on terms, not just price.

Plus the four free habits behind his morning routine.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• From NRL to buyers agent, and losing your identity when the game ends

• Why discipline creates success in sport, business and property

• What his Polish father taught him about action over words

• Why business is a mind game, and why rest is productive

• How meditation builds the awareness behind better decisions

• Buying his first investment property at 22, and keeping it from his dad

• Why time in the market beats waiting for the perfect strategy

• Buy, renovate, hold: one simple real estate investing strategy for 14 years

• Why Gold Coast property market supply can't keep up with demand

• How to spot gentrification on a suburb's main street

• Breaking through your borrowing capacity with second tier lenders

• The biggest lie about property investing, and how generational wealth is really built

• Property negotiation tips: why terms win deals, not just price

• What separates a great selling agent from an average one

• Hydrate, invigorate, illuminate, meditate: a morning routine that costs nothing

Connect with us

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en 

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama 

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au 

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V 

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/ 

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Connect with Freedom Renegades

Freedom Renegades on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@freedomrenegadespodcast 

Freedom Renegades on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/033LA1nO3JEUwBwJCnukO1?si=11ab2f4438b6445a 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fastflipformula/ 

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist 

Recently Matt was interviewed for Bothsides Podcast by Daniel Beardall. This week we’re sharing that episode for all of you.

The most expensive thing buyers are doing right now is staying out of the market.

Not because they aren't motivated. Most have finance approved. They're just waiting for a certainty that never comes.

Matt joins buyers agent Daniel Beardall on Bothsides to break down why low urgency markets are where the best buyers move. The Buy Zone framework, the Gold Coast price bracket Matt rates right now, and the bridesmaid suburbs picking up the ripple.

 🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Why staying out of the market is the most expensive mistake buyers make

• The Buy Zone framework: positioning vs urgency

• Why the best time to buy property is when urgency is low

• The emotion of certainty, and why it stops most buyers

• Why a fair price for a good property beats a good price for a fair one

• How to spot gentrification early, and what's happening in Tweed Heads

• Barefoot, shoes, e-bike or car: the four price points of beach access

• The Gold Coast owner occupier bracket Matt rates right now

• Bridesmaid suburbs from Elanora to Labrador and Mermaid Waters

• How to find motivated sellers, and the question most buyers never ask an agent

• Why off market properties aren't always the best deal

• The property due diligence most buyers skip

• Negative gearing changes and buying through a company or trust

• Why granny flats are an S-tier asset for real estate investing

• Pigeon pairing: balancing capital growth with cash flow

Connect with us

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Connect with Daniel:

Bothsides by Daniel Beardall 

Youtube → https://www.youtube.com/@bothsidespodcast 

Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/3wNWmFad9vzMqAwHfNaNzT?si=7510743792304c96 

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Some of the best pockets on the Gold Coast don't come up when you search.

Not because they're secret. Because they're not suburbs. They're pockets inside suburbs, and unless you already know the name, you'll scroll straight past them.

Matt sits down with Srama's northern Gold Coast specialist Olivia McCrea to go through five of the best hidden. Real streets and real price points. 

Plus the search tip that changes how you look for property anywhere.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Why searching by suburb and postcode makes you miss the best pockets

• Behind the Broadwater in Biggera Waters, and where to start looking

• Why units there start around $750K while houses sit in the early ones

• How to value a pocket when there's no local evidence yet

• Chirn Park in Labrador, and what's happened to sub $1M duplexes there

• Monterey Keys in Helensvale, and why the bad press created the value

• The only northern pocket with waterfront homes outside a gated estate

• Arundel Hills, bigger blocks and the Parkwood effect

• Oxenford and Riversdale Road: acreage without leaving the coast

• Why dual living is the fastest growing request on the northern Gold Coast

• Two separate houses on one block, secured under $2M

• Brisbane connectivity, 2032 and where the northern end is heading

• The best pocket around $2M for an owner occupier right now

• Where to eat and where to take the kids on a Sunday

Connect with usInstagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Can $800k get you anything on the Gold Coast? Should buyers act while the market is moving more slowly?

In this Q&A episode of Buying Gold Coast, Matt and Justin answer your property questions.

Matt also shares how buyers can use a slower market to strengthen their negotiating position. He explains when commercial property may fit into an investment portfolio and why capital growth can be important when trying to scale. 

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 www.srama.com.au 

In this episode, we cover:

• What $800,000 can buy on the Gold Coast

• Property investment opportunities and negotiation strategies

• Commercial property and rentvesting

• Capital growth versus cash flow

• Rising Gold Coast rents

• First-home buyer advice

• Granny flats, duplexes and cosmetic renovations

• New-build and house-and-land investment risks

• Creating value through renovation

• Finding reliable Gold Coast trades

Episodes mentioned:

• Jason Pate episode https://youtu.be/qCQK5FS_X48 

• Grimmond episode https://youtu.be/JxMLF_0PsSc 

• Darren Palmer episode https://youtu.be/w-fxGGZ1Kmo 

Connect with us

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8

647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → www.srama.com.au Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

The budget announcement stopped the market cold. For about three weeks barely anyone showed up to opens.

That's turned around now. Open home numbers are back and so is agent confidence. More appraisals usually means more listings on the way.

Matt sits down with Brandon for a chat on where the southern Gold Coast market actually sits. Brandon is one of the lead buyers agents at Srama. Then they walk through three deals the team just secured across the price points that move this market. 

Plus the best runs and the new spots worth eating at on the southern end.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Where the Gold Coast property market sits, and why October could be strong

• How to read the market in a 90 day window

• What open home numbers tell you before prices move

• Beachside units: what Brandon targets from Burleigh to Coolangatta

• Why blocks of eight or under beat high rises

• A boutique unit secured off market just north of $1M

• The price gap east and west of the Gold Coast Highway

• Why the same units traded in the high sevens a year ago

• Family homes: school catchments and bridesmaid suburbs

• Why off market isn't always the best deal

• Why they let an off market property run to market, and got a better price

• A Mermaid Waters corner block secured off market at $1.8M

• Why duplexes are running 2.8 to 3.2 right now

• The question most buyers never ask an agent

• Where to eat and the three best runs on the southern Gold Coast

  
  

Connect with us

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist