by Wendy Chamberlain | May 30, 2018 | Buying a Home
Real estate transactions often involve a large volume of paperwork. Contracts alone can already have hundreds of pages and each contract needs to be provided in two copies. This often results in a high cost of printing, scanning, filing and archiving of documents....
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 27, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction clearance rate slipped one percentage point on Saturday back to 61 percent from last weekend’s 62 percent. The number of scheduled auctions, however, was up to 963 from 899 the previous week. The number of reported auctions also went up...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 24, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Ormond 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 | May 22, 2018 | Buying a Home
Before starting a home renovation project regardless of its scope, it is a must for homeowners to know the legalities involved. Failure to do so can mean trouble. It could mean your renovation being stopped or pulled down. To start with, do check your local council...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 21, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction clearance rate improved slightly on Saturday to 62 percent from last weekend’s 61 percent. The number of scheduled auctions, however, dropped to 899 from 958 the previous week. The number of reported auctions also went down to 685 from...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 17, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Cheltenham 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 | May 13, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction clearance rate further slipped this Saturday to 61 percent from last weekend’s 62 percent. The number of scheduled auctions went slightly to 958 from 950 the previous week. As for the number of reported auctions, there were 710 while...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 10, 2018 | Buying a Home
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will soon remove a lending restriction for property investors. APRA chairman Wayne Byrnes recently said the 10 percent limit on bank lending imposed in 2014 would be scrapped. The lending restriction along with the...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 9, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Sandringham 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 | May 6, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction market has been fluctuating in recent weeks and this Saturday, its clearance rate slipped again to 62 percent compared to last weekend’s 65 percent. The number of scheduled auctions also went down to 950 from 1,124 the previous week. As...
