Posts by Cate Bakos
‘Property Planner, Buyer & Professor’ – Property Cycle Management – why now is always the best time to buy if it suits your personal economy and you have a long-term property plan (Ep. 12)
Off Market Opportunities – Podcast
Victoria revises underquoting laws as the market turns
How a football game and a horse race determine a city’s auction schedule
Our auction clearance rates in Melbourne have grown quickly since the Federal election and the reason for this has been the perfect combination, (or perfect storm, as buyers would see it) of a heightened positive buyer sentiment and tight stock shortage. Vendors seem to be the last to catch on to the fact that a…
Read MoreBlowout in time taken to sell property as high-rise fire fears grow
‘Property Planner, Buyer & Professor’ – Small time development – How it can work for you, but is it a risk worth taking? (Ep. 11)
Resetting Price Expectations
When markets adjust abruptly, typical analytical routines can become very challenging. In the property industry, the reliability of relevant data such as comparable sales comes into question, and it’s not just agents who struggle to keep up. Buyers and vendors also experience confusion around price expectation because their data points are changing at a rapid…
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