{"id":3055,"date":"2016-06-12T09:55:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T23:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/?p=3055"},"modified":"2016-06-12T10:10:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T00:10:14","slug":"buying-property-long-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/buying-property-long-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Property on a Long Weekend&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">This long weekend has been a busy one for us (and some of our clients). It&#8217;s not dissimilar to other long weekends&#8230; intensive negotiations, auction activity and some interesting purchases of properties\u00a0<em>prior<\/em> to their scheduled auction dates.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Whether it be coincidence or a combination of factors, there is no doubt that our successful acquisition rate increases around a long weekend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this set of circumstances, we believe that the looming election (and the buyer\/vendor nerves which often follow an election announcement) played some part in our successful purchases; particularly those which were pre-auction negotiations. Often a vendor will hold firm throughout a campaign in the hope that an energetic array of buyers turn up to bid on auction day. When uncertainty, nerves, or an unusual\u00a0market temper their enthusiasm for an auction, and\u00a0<em>particularly\u00a0<\/em>when one obvious buyer makes their intentions known, a pre-auction negotiation can have success.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3058 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-joffre1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"16 joffre1\" width=\"281\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-joffre1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-joffre1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-joffre1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3061 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-joffre4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"16 joffre4\" width=\"281\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-joffre4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-joffre4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-joffre4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/>In the case of Joffre Street Camberwell, our downsizer clients knew immediately that the house was for them. Every criteria they&#8217;d nominated was on offer with this beautiful property, from modern interiors to stunning outdoor entertaining space, double lock up garage to guest accommodation. The home was quite perfect. And offering a convenient location with Camberwell Junction shopping at their fingertips, this house represented the new lifestyle they were passionate about.<\/p>\n<p>Close conversations with the agent, clear communication when it became obvious that the vendor would consider a good offer, and swift action on the Friday ensured Joffre St became theirs. Settlement dates matched, cheques were drawn and a pleasing result for both parties made this win\/win a real pleasure to be a part of.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing them years of happiness in their stunning\u00a0new home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This long weekend has been a busy one for us (and some of our clients). It&#8217;s not dissimilar to other long weekends&#8230; intensive negotiations, auction activity and some interesting purchases of properties\u00a0prior to their scheduled auction dates. Whether it be coincidence or a combination of factors, there is no doubt that our successful acquisition rate&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/buying-property-long-weekend\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Buying Property on a Long Weekend&#8230;\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sundayblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3055"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3065,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions\/3065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}