The National Australia Bank (NAB) predicted Brisbane would be the leading city for house price rises in 2014 - predicting 6 per cent growth. NAB predicted Melbourne would be 3.2 per cent and Sydney 3 per cent.

Wrong.

Domain Group reports brisbane actually increased from september 2013 to September 2014 by a modest 4.8 per cent, behind Sydney's 16.6 per cent, Melbourne's 8.1 per cent and also behind Adelaide's 5.3 per cent.

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