Archive for 2015

Recently we had a fantastic brief to assist with for a very sensible first home buyer. Her target budget was low to mid fives, and her questions were fabulous. Should she be buying brand-new? Should she target the grant for those who buy new? Would it be better to buy in a well-established area close to the…

We recently bid on a cute three bedroom house in Watsonia and walked away without the sold sticker. The property sold for $600,000, but because of a large tree in the backyard and a Department of Housing tenant on a further eighteen month lease, our cap of $590,000 stood firm and that property just wasn’t…

Back in April I had the pleasure of receiving a phone call from a prospective client. He and his fiancee had been searching for months for a suitably sized, long term family home in West Footscray and surrounds. Their search had been drawn-out and painful in part; from being pipped at auction to falling prey…