00:02Dave Somerville is making the most of his tree change.
00:06He lived in the picturesque Sunshine Coast hinterland for years,
00:10but as the population grew, so did his desire to leave.
00:15It was no longer a peaceful, quiet place to live.
00:18It was busy, it was hectic, it was noisy.
00:22When his daughter moved three hours west to Warwick on the Darling Downs for study,
00:26the retiree and his wife Kay sold up and followed suit.
00:31What it enabled us to do was to buy this property here on 13 acres,
00:35which is a lovely property, brick homes, stables, sheds, for half the price.
00:42Local real estate agents say they've seen a spike in inquiries coming from the southeast corner.
00:47Up and down the coastline, Brisbane, sunny coast and northern New South Wales is where they're coming from.
00:54A report from property analyst firm Cotality found house prices fell across regional Queensland over recent months,
01:02except on the Darling Downs, which was up 2%, for a median house price of $600,000.
01:09Despite softening prices, the coastal housing market remains exorbitant compared to the inland region.
01:16And for this former capital city dweller, the move offered something priceless.
01:22I am now only three minutes from work.
01:25I have more time in the day now to do things that I enjoy.
01:30If you're going to use this property, then you can take off the property of the border board,
01:30and I have more time in the day now to do things that I enjoy.
01:31So let's look at the border board,
01:32if you're at the border, and you're after the border.
