by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 5, 2021 | Real Estate News
The 2021/22 fiscal year is now underway and that means that many government programs and initiatives have been given the green light to go ahead. For anyone seeking to enter the property market, some welcome news is that price caps for homes bought under the First...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 4, 2021 | Auctions
The week ending 3rd July delivered a clearance rate of 80% from 719 auctions, according to REIV data. At the same time last year, there were 362 auctions reported and a clearance rate of 70%. 437 homes sold at auction and 140 sold before auction, with 141 passed in....
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 2, 2021 | Selling a Home
With the current level of demand for real estate in major cities across Australia, it might seem like any structure with four walls and a door will sell the moment you put a “For Sale” sign out the front. However, there are always properties that struggle...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 1, 2021 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Eltham 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 27, 2021 | Auctions
The week ending 26th June brought a sharp increase in the number of auctions across Victoria following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. There were 924 auctions reported for the period, which is almost 45% higher than the 642 reported the previous week (based on...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 25, 2021 | Selling a Home
While many properties are sold at auction, a large number are also sold by private sale. Choosing to sell your home privately has its advantages and disadvantages. We’ll take a look at some of the pros and cons below. I wrote this article, which was published on...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 20, 2021 | Auctions
The week ending 19th June delivered a clearance rate of 82% (according to REIV data) from the 530 auctions that were reported across Victoria. At the same time last year, 431 auctions were reported and a clearance rate of 67% was achieved. 305 homes were sold...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 20, 2021 | Real Estate News
Since the onset of lockdowns across Victoria almost 18 months ago, there’s been a surge in demand for secondary living space, particularly within Melbourne’s housing market. Christina Karras from Herald Sun has highlighted “a massive 450 per cent...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 19, 2021 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Brunswick East can be a daunting and difficult process. For many of us, buying property 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 when buying a...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 13, 2021 | Auctions
The week ending 12th June delivered a clearance rate of 92% at auctions across Victoria (based on REIV data) as the state emerged from lockdown for the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. Volume was substantially lower than in previous weeks, with just 222...
