Market insights · Brisbane · Q1 2026
By RealistIQ Core Team ·
Brisbane median sold prices by bedroom: the city-wide tape into Q1 2026
Early 2026 is easy to misread. One noisy listing feed or one broad citywide headline, and you can end up with the wrong picture of Brisbane. This snapshot takes a narrower, more useful view: settled sales only, split by houses and apartments, then broken down by bedroom count to compare median sold prices from Q4 2025 to Q1 2026.
It is not a suburb ranking. It is a quick, honest read for buyers, sellers, and investors who want to see how key parts of Brisbane's traded market actually shifted over the turn of the year.
Greater Brisbane snapshot: median sold price by bedroom count
| Segment | Q4 2025 n | Q4 2025 median | Q1 2026 n | Q1 2026 median | QoQ % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-bedroom houses | 1,620 | $1,100,000 | 997 | $1,165,000 | 5.91% |
| 4-bedroom houses | 1,969 | $1,290,000 | 1,050 | $1,300,000 | 0.78% |
| 2-bedroom apartments | 649 | $810,600 | 415 | $849,000 | 4.74% |
| 3-bedroom apartments | 254 | $1,070,000 | 137 | $1,100,000 | 2.80% |
Source: realistiq.com.au
Settled sales, Greater Brisbane, by bedroom segment. n: sales that quarter; medians: middle sold price; QoQ %: Q4 2025 → Q1 2026 median.
What stands out
These segments did not all move together. On median sold price movement quarter-on-quarter, 3-bedroom houses (+5.91%) moved more than 4-bedroom houses (+0.78%) in this cut. Among apartments, 2-bedroom stock (+4.74%) moved more than 3-bedroom stock (+2.80%). That is the main read here: even at a broad bedroom-band level, Brisbane was not moving as one market going into Q1 2026.
Trade counts were lower in Q1 across every row in the table. That is fairly normal with a shorter window and seasonal patterns, but it also means each median reflects what actually sold in that period, not the full market. So if one segment looks well ahead of another, treat that as a useful signal, not the final word on Brisbane as a whole.
The apartment lines are based on thinner Q1 counts than the house lines, especially 3-bedroom apartments with 137 sales in Q1. That still tells us something, but those medians can shift more easily when fewer sales are doing the work. Houses carry bigger quarterly counts, especially 4-bedroom houses with 1,050 sales in Q1, which makes that line a bit steadier.
What buyers, sellers, and investors might take from this
Buyers: If you are chasing a 3-bedroom house or a 2-bedroom unit, this snapshot suggests those bands lifted more in percentage terms than 4-bedroom houses or 3-bedroom units across these two quarters. Use that as context for your search, not as a guide price for one listing.
Sellers: Median sold movement is not the same as your home's new value. The mix of stock sold still matters. A quarter with more entry-level or premium sales can shift the median without every property moving by the same amount. Best to pair this citywide read with recent comps in your own pocket.
Investors: These segment medians are a market pulse, not a full strategy on their own. The gap between 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom apartment medians, and the softer move in 3-bedroom units here, is a prompt to dig deeper into local submarkets rather than make a call off one table.
Method and limitations
All settled sales in the same Greater Brisbane geography as our broader RealistIQ Brisbane work, using the same editorial hood exclusions. Medians are shown only where that bedroom segment had at least 10 sales in that quarter, and counts are always shown. Quarter-on-quarter compares Q4 2025, from 1 Oct to 31 Dec, with Q1 2026, from 1 Jan to 31 Mar. This is not mix-adjusted or quality-adjusted.
This is a read on median sold price movement between two quarters based on traded stock. It is not hedonic growth, not proof of demand shifts, and not a substitute for advice tailored to your situation.
Want to see how your suburb stacks up? RealistIQ lets you compare sold medians, nearby pockets, and how live listings sit against the recent tape at realistiq.com.au.