Scott Mitchell

Mitchell's Realty, our little agency in Harvey Bay, is celebrating its 10th year anniversary this year.

It was our official birthday on the 16th of January, which corresponds with my wife Katrina's birthday, and it looks like being a fantastic year ahead.

We've been here in Harvey Bay ourselves now, myself, my wife, Katrina, for 17 years this year.

And the town has steadily grown throughout that period.

But ironically, since COVID, we've seen a dramatic increase in our buyer population and the demand for housing.

So our demographic is changing with that because with that, we're seeing significant construction projects going ahead, new estates, tradies.

You can't get a tradie at the moment if you try to get a tradie.

Also, because of the age demographic, the medical services have expanded significantly over

the last three years.

I jokingly say we've got a medical centre just about on every second corner now.

And those medical professionals are usually that middle-aged demographic.

They've got kids, they're on obviously higher incomes, and they're changing the face of Harvey Bay.

We're

So yeah, we're definitely seeing a change in our demographic.

Harvey Bay in the last six months has experienced the largest real estate boom in its history to date.

Yeah, certainly.

That was up until probably the last five years.

Our major drawcard in employment was through tourism.

Obviously, we are the whale-watching capital of Australia.

Some would say we're the whale-watching capital of the world.