Archive for 2019
‘Property Planner, Buyer & Professor’ – Interpreting data to uncover an outstanding property and location– and how to sort the gold from the lies, damn lies and statistics! (Ep. 8)
The scarcity value of inner-ring property
Over the last two decades in particular, many Melburnians have gravitated to a more inner urban lifestyle where they can enjoy cafe precincts and connectivity to their favourite places without the need for a car. Since the days of the ‘quarter acre block with the Hills-hoist in the yard’, our preferences have shifted to a…
Read MoreMixed messages for spring property buyers
What does team cohesion really mean?
This month marks five years for us in business on our own. From a directorship in a bigger firm prior, to taking on a humble little office in our early days in Yarraville, we love our sun-filled office above the Post Office. Having helped over 800 clients since opening our doors, it’s been an exciting…
Read MoreMelbourne, A Buyers Market
Clarifying Off-Markets
Prospective clients ask us all the time, “Do you get access to properties that aren’t advertised?” We do. All the time. They are called Off-Market properties, and just over a quarter of our acquisitions are done off-market. But not all off-markets are good. The difference between a good off-market and a bad one comes down…
Read MoreFew new listings tipped to hit the Melbourne housing market this spring, stylists say, frustrating buyers
Know when an agent is bluffing
What is happening with rents in Melbourne?
In 2014 our prudential regulator, APRA issued a recommendation to our banks to slow down the rate of new investment loans being approved. Not until two years later did our lenders fully adopt the recommendations, but when they did; things got serious. The methodology adopted included; a reduction of the maximum Loan to Value Ratio…
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