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...
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....
