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Bank on the south

Southbank is home to the arts and some of the city's best restaurants.

Southgate Crown Casino, the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall, Opera Australia, the Australian Ballet School, the Victorian College of the Arts, ABC studios, Eureka Tower, Riverside Quay, Freshwater Place, the Polly Woodside, ACCA, the Malthouse, the new Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre, Jeff's Shed: for a tiny suburb, Southbank has no shortage of cultural or commercial landmarks.

Banking on energy attraction - Herald Sun 30 August 2008

The Bank Apartments are aiming for the stars. First Delta Group is pitching the 40-storey Soutbank tower as a building with six star energy efficiency – and its working.

Six-star living. City Weekly Magazine 4th September 2008

Environmentally-conscious city dwellers and investors will now have the chance to put their money where their mouth is.

Lifestyle choices continuing to draw singles to inner city living. REIV. 19 July 2008

REIV analysis of the Melbourne property market reveals that residents living in Melbourne’s central business district are more likely to live alone than not.

Only 1 in 100 rental homes vacant in Melbourne in May. REIV. 23 June 2008

REIV President Neil Laws has said that the REIV May rental vacancy rates for Melbourne indicate that only 1 in every 100 rental homes is vacant.

Investors' housing splurge. Tim Colebatch. The Age, 18 February, 2008

RENTAL investors have swarmed back into Victoria's housing market, borrowing almost 30% more funds last year to snap up what they saw as bargains, and pushing aside first home buyers as prices soared.

Outlook for Australian Property Markets 2008 - 2010. Westpac Business February 2008

In February each year, we produce an Executive Summary that provides an outlook of where the major property markets are heading over the next three years.

Melbourne house prices surge 25%. Cameron Houston and Ben Schneiders. The Age, 25 January, 2008

HOUSE prices in Melbourne surged by a record 25% last year, adding to the miserable outlook for first home buyers and fuelling renewed political debate over housing affordability.