03 5662 2294 www.thestar.com.au Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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BRING ON 2020: (L-R) Leongatha girls Lucy Heber, Tahlia Lafferty, Grace Guy, Ayla Lafferty and Imogen Hulshof anticipate the start of a new year at Inverloch surf beach. The community is invited to join in the festivities tonight, with fireworks to be held at Inverloch Recreation Reserve, Cowes Jetty Triangle, Coronet Bay foreshore and Port Albert’s Rutter Park, all at 9.30pm. Party-goers are urged to play safely, with extra police on the beat tonight and watching for anti-social behaviour. The Star wishes readers and advertisers all the best for 2020.
GOING, GOING, GONE! Coastal real estate market runs hot SOUTH Gippsland’s coast has been discovered and anyone wanting a property should act now.
While the region has some of the most affordable coastal real estate, it won’t for long as property prices continue to climb. “In 10 years we’ll look back on property prices and think ‘I should have bought two’,” Greg Price, director of Alex Scott and Staff, said. According to Inverloch real estate agent Lewis Stone (pictured), unit sites are leading the way with up to a 20 per cent jump in prices. “Units were going for $250,000 to $270,000 three years ago and are now selling for between $310,000 and $340,000,” Mr Stone said.
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