by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 15, 2018 | Buying a Home
In today’s digital age, a paperless transaction is indeed possible even in the real estate industry. The introduction of new laws which now allow electronic contracts and signatures has made the conveyancing portion of the transaction much easier and faster. With...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 14, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Alphington 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 | Jun 11, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction clearance rate went below the 60 percent level to 56 percent on Saturday. This was partly due to the Queen birthday’s long weekend. As a result, the number of scheduled auctions was down to 194. The number of reported auctions was at...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 5, 2018 | Buying a Home
The Reserve Bank of Australia today decided to keep the current official cash interest rate at its historic low level of 1.5 percent. An earlier survey by Reuters showed 47 out of the 48 economists predicted the rate would remain unchanged. In his monetary policy...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 3, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction clearance rate slipped further by one percentage point on Saturday to 60 percent from last weekend’s 61 percent. The number of scheduled auctions was also down to 942 from 963 the previous week. The number of reported auctions was at...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 1, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Parkdale 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 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...
