by Wendy Chamberlain | Aug 14, 2018 | Buying a Home
Already using Social Media? Follow ChamberlainAdvocates.com.au for the latest about tips and tricks when it comes to buying a home and hiring a buyers advocate. Today marked two years since the Reserve Bank of Australia has moved interest rates and its record-breaking...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Aug 12, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction market remains to be slow performing with a clearance rate below 60 percent. Over the rainy and windy weekend, it recorded a 58 percent clearance rate. The number of scheduled auctions was 642. The number of reported auctions was 492 while...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 31, 2018 | Buying a Home
In real estate, negative gearing is when the cost of buying and maintaining an investment property is higher than the income you gain from it. With this loss, it is then possible to offset the income you earn thereby allowing you to pay less tax on the property. For a...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 28, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction market slightly improved over the weekend recording a clearance rate 58 percent. The number of scheduled auctions 687. The number of reported auctions was 507 while the number of properties sold was 320. Total sales recorded was $223,223,000...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 26, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Fairfield 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 | Jul 24, 2018 | Buying a Home
In real estate investing, a piece of property can either be positively geared or negatively geared. It is, therefore, best to understand what this means before making your investment strategy. Positive gearing means the income one gains from his or her investment is...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 20, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Heidelberg 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 | Jul 17, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction market was steady over the weekend achieving a clearance rate 56 percent, similar from the previous week. The number of scheduled auctions was down to 484 from 526. The number of reported auctions was also down at 377 while the number of...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 17, 2018 | Buying a Home
Many people are aware of their home equity but do not understand very well how it is calculated and its other uses. Basically, equity is the difference between a property’s current market value and the outstanding balance of any debt held against it. It is an asset...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 10, 2018 | Buying a Home
Investing in real estate is one effective way of building wealth and establishing a property portfolio moving into the future. There are two basic types – active and passive. Regardless of the type of property investing you are doing, each method requires time,...
