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From Maroochydore's half-built CBD to hospital expansion timelines and short-term rental rules, the region faces a series of decisions in the coming months that will shape how the Coast grows, and who it grows for.
As the region grapples with rapid growth and development, key decisions loom on the horizon that will shape the future of the Sunshine Coast
With the Sunshine Coast's housing pressure reaching a breaking point, councils and property owners face a series of critical choices that will reshape the region's rental landscape for years to come.
Community members across Caloundra, Mooloolaba and the hinterland are sharing the real costs of Queensland's tightening short-term rental rules, and not everyone is unhappy about the change.
With flood mapping reviews stalled and development pressure mounting across low-lying suburbs, residents face a critical window to influence how the region prepares for worsening weather.
With planning milestones ticking over and a population surge straining every road from Caloundra to Coolum, the long-promised direct rail connection to Brisbane is edging from policy document toward concrete reality, but comparable coastal cities worldwide offer a sobering lesson in how these projects can still stall.
With the Sunshine Coast's housing crisis deepening and a statewide regulatory framework now in place, local councils and property owners face a series of make-or-break choices about how short-term rentals will operate across the region.
New scrutiny over duplicate and misleading property listing images is forcing real estate agencies, short-term rental operators and council planners on the Sunshine Coast to confront a tangle of compliance questions with no easy answers.
From the Maroochydore CBD build-out to short-term rental crackdowns and hospital expansion, the voices shaping the Sunshine Coast's immediate future are growing louder.
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From Bli Bli to Birtinya, locals say the pace of development and a wave of new rules are reshaping their neighbourhoods faster than anyone can keep up.
A closer look at the numbers driving the region's development, from population boom to environmental concerns
With the region's population surging and housing pressure mounting, local councils and property owners face a pivotal fork in the road over how holiday letting is regulated.
From Maroochydore's new CBD corridors to Caloundra's eroding foreshore, local leaders and environmental specialists are raising the alarm, and laying out a plan.
Median prices, approval rates and rental vacancy figures paint a stark picture of a region struggling to house its own people.
With Queensland's short-term rental register now live and local enforcement pressure mounting, Sunshine Coast property owners face a series of critical choices in the months ahead.
With the Sunshine Coast's housing squeeze deepening and state regulation looming, local property owners and councils face a fork in the road over how to manage the region's booming short-term rental market.
A closer look at the statistics driving the region's development, from population boom to environmental concerns
From hospital beds to short-term rentals, the region's key voices are shaping a debate that will define the Sunshine Coast for the next decade.
From mysterious objects washing ashore at Coolum to fresh pressure on holiday letting platforms, it has been a busy seven days across the region.
From Maroochydore's new CBD to coastal vegetation corridors, local leaders are warning that the region's environmental commitments are being tested by its own growth.
With the Sunshine Coast region under mounting housing pressure, local authorities face critical choices about how far to push short-term rental regulation, and who bears the cost of getting it wrong.
As the Sunshine Coast grapples with the impact of short-term rentals on local housing, residents share their concerns and experiences.
As duplicate and fraudulent property listing images plague rental platforms globally, Sunshine Coast Council's emerging regulatory approach is drawing comparisons, not always flattering ones, with how cities from Barcelona to Bali are tackling the same problem.
Homeowners and long-term tenants across the Sunshine Coast say unauthorised duplicate property listings using stolen photos are undermining trust in the rental market at the worst possible time.
As short-term rental regulation tightens across the Sunshine Coast, the region is scrambling to address a surprisingly persistent problem: fake and misleading listing images that dupe holidaymakers and inflate perceived property values.
Duplicate and stolen listing photos are distorting the local real estate market, and the calls for action are getting louder.
Duplicate and stolen property photos are fuelling misleading short-term rental listings across the Sunshine Coast, and the people tasked with fixing it are running out of patience.
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