Brisbane slips as apartments rise BRISBANE'S apartment market suffered the greatest falls for the final three months of last year, leaving major residential developers with a presence in the Queensland capital fretting about potential writedowns to projects for the months ahead amid an uncertain outlook. Nationally, apartment prices gained 1.6 per cent for the three months to December, while houses forged 1.9 per cent ahead for the quarter, according to median price figures from research firm Australian Property Monitors.