Buyers home in on Ecco Ripley with $6m June boom

Buyers beating a path to the Ecco Ripley masterplanned community in Brisbane’s western growth corridor have driven more than $6.1 million in sales for June.The total represents 19 transactions consisting house-and-land packages and land-only sales within the $500 million Sekisui House development in the Ripley Valley.Ecco Ripley state sales manager Scott Blaney said purchasers were enticed by the quality and affordability of the diversified product mix available in the community.“We have options to suit buyers at all stages of life, be that of first-home purchasers, growing families, downsizers, and investors,” he said.“What is also appealing, is that Ecco Ripley is already a thriving community with over 500 residents now living here or with their homes under construction.”Mr Blaney said Sekisui House expected sales to accelerate further with the first home buyer grant having risen to $20,000 on July 1.“It makes our already affordable, quality offering here at Ecco Ripley even more accessible and attractive for first-time buyers,” he said.Mr Blaney said the community’s appeal would be heightened with the delivery of the $1.5 billion Ripley Town Centre.“The town centre will become the commercial and social hub of the region as all of the surrounding communities and developments will feed into it,” he said.“It will offer a major regional shopping centre, a transit centre, health and education facilities, cafes, restaurants, parks and community facilities to cater for this region’s projected population of 120,000 people over the next 20 years.”Construction has already started on the $40 million first stage of the town centre, which willdeliver a full-line Coles supermarket, 20 specialty shops and a medical precinct opening in late 2017.Buyers at Ecco Ripley presently can choose from duplex, Fit&Finished homes, house and land packages and land-only options.Land lots are currently available from $158,000 with house-and-land packages, including new duplexes are available from $325,000.