by Wendy Chamberlain | Sep 3, 2019 | Buying a Home
The RBA has kept the official interest rate on hold at its historic low of 1.0%. This comes after the RBA cut interest rates in June and July this year. Before that, the cash rate had sat at 1.5% for the better almost 3 years. RBA governor Philip Lowe said “Economic...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Sep 2, 2019 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Coburg can be a daunting and difficult process. For many of us, it is something we only do a few times in our lives. A buyers advocate (also known as a buyers agent or property finder) can be an enormous help to make it easy to buy a home or...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Aug 26, 2019 | Auctions
Melbourne recorded strong auction results on Saturday with a clearance rate of 81 percent, up from last weekend’s 70.2 percent. This rate was much higher compared to the same period last year with only 52 percent and the highest since April 2017. The total...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Aug 13, 2019 | Auctions
Melbourne achieved an auction clearance rate of 70 percent on Saturday, still considered a strong result. A strong buyer confidence was noted as the spring selling season starts amid the cold weather. It was the fourth consecutive week that Melbourne recorded a...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Aug 7, 2019 | Buying a Home
As predicted the Reserve Bank of Australia has maintained it’s record low interest rate of 1%, with no change at this month’s board meeting. The pause in cutting will allow time for RBA governor Philip Lowe time to see how the previous cuts will impact the...