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...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 9, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Yallambie 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 8, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction market achieved a 66 percent clearance rate on Saturday, an improvement from last weekend’s 61 percent. The number of scheduled auctions also went up to 601 from 25 the previous week. The number of reported auctions increased to 477 and...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 5, 2018 | Auctions
Median house prices in Australia have been increasing over the past two decades. Topping the list are Melbourne and Sydney. Nationally, the median selling prices of residential properties have risen at an annual rate of 7.2 percent. This means that property prices...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 4, 2018 | Buying a Home
The Reserve Bank of Australia today decided to retain the current official cash interest rate of 1.5 percent. The historic low rate has been maintained for 20 straight months in a row. The experts have pointed to the sluggish growth of wages and the cooling housing...
