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As expected, Australia's housing crisis was a focal point in last week's Federal Budget announcement. In an effort to make housing more affordable for all Australians, the budget proposes changes to the Commonwealth Help To Buy scheme, support for the construction of more new homes and restrictions to foreign investment in residential housing. Extensive revisions to the Help To Buy scheme …
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We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Cameron and Amanda buy a property in Melbourne. Here is what they had to say: "We loved working with Wendy. Could not have found a perfect home without her. We really struggled trying to not only identify homes that fit our budget and style but trying to understand a …
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Buying a property in Cremorne 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 home or investment property by: Questions such as “where can I find a home I can afford”, “am I paying too much?”, “where can I find …
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April Fool's Day didn't see a repeat of the Reserve Bank's interest rate cuts in February, as they announced that the official cash rate will remain unchanged at 4.10 per cent. In a statement released today, the RBA cited uncertain outlooks and a commitment to returning inflation to target levels as the reasons behind their decision. "There are notable uncertainties about the outlook for …
For the week ending the 30th March 2025, a total of 780 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 438 homes sold at auction that week, with 188 homes sold prior to auction, 2 sold after and 152 homes passed in. According to data from reiv.com.au, there was a clearance rate of 81%. If you have already found a property you are interested in and would like a …
With another RBA cash rate decision pending next week, its a good time to take a snapshot of the Victorian property market so far this year. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria apply a Residential Market Index (RMX) to measure property price movement over time. As at 23 March 2025 the RMX was 162.10, dropping 1% from 23 February 2025. As an annual comparison, Victoria's RMX was 165.50 as at …
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We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Brendan buy a property in Melbourne. Here is what he had to say: "Wendy and Brooke were fantastic to work with. We received a few off market opportunities but ended up purchasing something that we absolutely love, that was on market. The due diligence in understanding …
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Buying a property in Collingwood 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 home or investment property by: Questions such as “where can I find a home I can afford”, “am I paying too much?”, “where can I …
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For the week ending the 22nd March 2025, a total of 636 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 345 homes sold at auction that week, with 176 homes sold prior to auction, 1 sold after and 114 homes passed in. According to data from reiv.com.au, there was a clearance rate of 82%. If you have already found a property you are interested in and would like a …
It's good news for Melbourne's high end property market this month, with recent reports from Corelogic showing upper quartile property values increased during February. Nationally, capital city top quartile home values rose 0.2% in February, in stark contrast to a 0.3% decline in January. Corelogic economists say Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart's top quartiles recorded the strongest growth …
