HOT MARKET SIZZLES

IT is not just the temperature that is heating up. Real estate agents are tipping a hot spring selling season across North Queensland.

There are now 23 suburbs across Townsville, the Burdekin and Charters Towers regions that have recorded double-digit price growth in the 12 months to August. Agent Julie Mahoney said demand was surging. “I had 120 groups through four properties last Sunday alone,” she said.