Anna Bligh lists Highgate Hill, Brisbane investment apartment
The former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has listed a Highgate Hill, Brisbane investment apartment for sale.
The three bedroom, two bathroom apartment in the Beaumont block has a $640,000 asking price through Ray White South Brisbane agent Luke Croft.
The 4/91 Dornoch Terrace apartment cost $609,000 in 2009 when bought by Anna Bligh with her husband Greg Withers.
It has 149 square metres space with two car spaces.
The large wraparound balcony has a north/east aspect as well as southern views over to the University of Queensland.
It sits within the sought-after Brisbane State High catchment.
The apartment recently became available for rent at $520 a week, so reflecting a 4.2% rental yield if it sold at its asking price. It was previously available for rent at $480 a week in May 2011.
On its 2009 purchase the couple sought to obtain $530 a week tenants, but had to lower the asking rent to around $490 a week.
The couple retain two other Brisbane investment properties.
Their Brisbane house was sold following their move to Sydney where he took up a job in 2012 at Arts NSW.
The Sydney-based former Queensland premier Anna Bligh and her husband, Greg Withers, secured $960,000 having bought the 1890 Highgate Hill home in 1997 for $290,000.
They rented in Sydney's Paddington.
