The Sunshine Coast is a long strip of beach towns backed by hills, not a single city. Caloundra anchors the south, Kawana and Birtinya sit around the university hospital, Maroochydore is the commercial heart, and Noosa lies at the northern end under its own council.
Inland, Nambour and the Blackall Range villages read as a different market again. Housing runs from beach apartments to hinterland houses and coastal suburban stock, so an owner's likely job changes every few kilometres.
Holiday demand swings with school breaks and summer, and the humid subtropical climate, storm season and salt air feed a steady flow of repair and clean-up work. realestate.com.au and Domain hold listing shoppers.
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