Archive for 2017
When making an offer can make a mess
In the last two months we have had a surprising number of buyers contact us about assisting with a purchase strategy that has glided off the rails. All have had one thing in common; they have presented offers in the wrong way. From misunderstanding the process to making verbal offers, the outcomes could have been…
Read MoreOur Auction Cross-Section – Where is the Market Right Now?
Many of us receive the auction reports on a Saturday night with the clearance rates, but in the sea of contradicting media articles about our housing market, how can we digest the auction reports and make sense of them? As at this morning, Melbourne’s auction clearance rate is 75% for this pre-Queen’s Birthday weekend. Not…
Read MoreSome “Invisible” Property Investment Issues – Cate talks with Kevin Turner on Real Estate Talk
How would you invest a million dollars in property?
I am often asked this question. Risk averse buyers like the idea of spreading their risk and often ask whether three or four regional purchases would aid a safer journey. Buyers who apply their own love of period properties will ask where they could buy in order to secure a beautiful Victorian at this level. The…
Read MoreWhat Many Investors Overlook in a Buy and Hold Strategy – Cate Bakos talks with Kevin Turner on RET
Auctions: What are the four reasons you should stop bidding?
Yesterday was a dismal day for us out at five auctions. Three bidders, five properties, five lovely anxious clients. We secured none of them. Weekend auction success rates vary, but in this hot and unexplained market, our overall auction success rate is considerably lower than past years… and so it should be. Yesterday’s auction misses…
Read MoreLoans and Lending Restrictions for First Time Investors – Cate talks with Harcourts
A Big Mistake can be a Great Opportunity – Cate features on Property Investory
Where can sheer determination lead us?
Two years ago this week marks the date which a family bought a house for $406,000 at auction in East Geelong. There was nothing ordinary about this adventure though… not for us, nor for them. The journey has been noteworthy from the conception of their idea to build wealth, to the finished product that they…
Read MoreWill the First Home Buyer Stamp Duty Changes Skew Our Market?
The first half of 2017 is shaping up to be defined by our business as the change of our normal blend. We have historically helped a larger proportion of investors in their quest to build a wealthier future; and our blend of home-finders has generally sat between 20-40% of our active clients. The Home-Finder client numbers currently sit…
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