by Wendy Chamberlain | May 1, 2018 | Buying a Home
The Reserve Bank of Australia today retained the current official cash interest rate at its historic low level of 1.5 percent. The move was widely expected by economists surveyed by Bloomberg. All the economists agreed the interest rates will be kept on hold. In his...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 1, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Kew 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 | Apr 29, 2018 | Auctions
The auction market in Melbourne recorded a clearance rate of 65 percent on Saturday, up from last weekend’s of 61 percent. The number of scheduled auctions also increased to 1,124 from 756 the previous week. As for the number of reported auctions, the figure...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 26, 2018 | Buying a Home
When buying a real estate property, there are always risks involved and as such, it pays to plan well and do your research. Many experts normally advice buyers and investors to do their due diligence regardless of the type of property they want to purchase....
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 24, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Windsor 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 | Apr 22, 2018 | Auctions
The auction market in Melbourne slowed again on Saturday recording a lower clearance rate of 61 percent compared to last week’s 68 percent. The number of scheduled auctions, however, went up to 756 from 731 the previous week. The number of reported auctions also...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 20, 2018 | Buying a Home
The Melbourne property market is confirmed to be in a cooling condition due to the drop in auction clearance rates in many suburbs since the start of the year. Data collected by the Domain Group from January to March shows clearance rates were lower compared to the...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 18, 2018 | Buying a Home
Capital gains tax or CGT is commonly imposed in Australia and is part of one’s income tax. This particular tax is levied against the selling of a real estate property and other capital assets. Basically, it is levied on profits gained when one disposes of an asset...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 16, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction market further improved on Saturday recording a 68 percent clearance rate last weekend’s 66 percent. The number of scheduled auctions also went up to 731 from 601 the previous week. The current clearance rate was also higher compared to...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 11, 2018 | Buying a Home
When buying a home, it is strongly recommended that buyers check all the areas of the property to ensure that you are aware of its condition including the not-so-good signs. A residential property is a valuable investment and you don’t want to waste your money on one...
