Posts by Cate Bakos

Last week we were alerted to a Californian Bungalow in Coburg’s Donne Street which caught our attention. On some 300sqm of land, boasting a beautiful floor plan and great neighbourhood, our biggest challenge was gleaning enough details to send to our interstate investors who would need to be able to make a swift decision if…

Yesterday on the still, crisp winter’s day at Gillies St Fairfield, the crowd milled in anticipation outside the gorgeous three bedroom, period styled co-joined cottage. Houses like this are often termed “crowd-pleasers” by us, because they have broad owner-occupier appeal based on a third bedroom, generous rear courtyard and great open-plan living area. From couples…

Selecting an out-performance property takes a lot of facets into account. From cashflow considerations to capital growth drivers, quality of tenant and amenities to name a few. Diving a little deeper and looking carefully at the demographic make up, any changes in this data, and the rate of change can give way to some really exciting discoveries.…

A recent adventure with two investor clients took us on a trail in Melbourne’s inner west. We were on the hunt for a period two bedroom property in a pretty street offering easy accessibility to rail and cafes. The biggest challenge we faced throughout our quest were the competing buyers out there; home-finders, investors, and other…

Yesterday was a busy auction day for us. After a strange few weekends either side of the election, Saturday 16th July delivered some strong results in the tightly held inner ring suburbs, and we certainly felt the brunt of the energetic bidders out there. One of the few we missed included this stunning church conversion…

A recent assignment with a wonderful client took us to Ballarat East; once home to the goldfields of the 1800’s, and now a thriving and popular part of Ballarat city. Greater Ballarat is home to 96,000 people and is Victoria’s third largest city. Ballarat’s property market is quite different to Melbourne’s in many ways. From…