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Housing reform can't come quick enough for Melbourne's struggling tenants. Hit hardest by the limited supply of rental properties and skyrocketing rents are low to middle income earners who are finding it near impossible to rent an affordable home within reasonable proximity of the city. A recent survey showed that single income families, couples earning minimum wage and pensioner …
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We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Deepdene buy their home. Here is what they had to say: "We’re very time poor people. It was fantastic to have Wendy managing and co-ordinating everything. Her project management skills are phenomenal. We also appreciated that Wendy “told it as it is”; for example, …
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Buying a property in Ivanhoe 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 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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With everyone's Christmas Wish List topped with 'no December interest rate rise', the Board's decision today to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 per cent is a relief to many. Last month saw the first rate rise in four months, with interest rates increased by 25 basis points as inflation was not declining at the expected rate. With the impact of that rate rise beginning to …
For the week ending the 3rd December 2023, a total of 742 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 413 homes sold at auction this week, with 202 homes passed in, and 126 homes that sold prior to auction. According to data from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, there was a clearance rate of 73%. If you have already found a property you are interested …
Big family homes on small blocks and even downsized homes on courtyard allotments are marketed as "low maintenance living" - a term that entices buyers with visions of relaxing lifestyles and social weekends spent out and about, not mowing lawns, trimming hedges and weeding gardens. But in fact low maintenance homes often occupy a large portion of the block so the backyard becomes a paved …
We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Cait and Dave sell their home. Here is what they had to say: "We want to say thank you so much. We are delighted with the result and we keep saying to each other, we couldn’t have done it without you and your calm, professional advice, helping us navigate the very, …
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Buying a property in Balwyn 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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For the week ending the 26th November 2023, a total of 718 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 368 homes sold at auction this week, with 221 homes passed in, and 126 homes that sold prior to auction. According to data from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, there was a clearance rate of 69%. If you have already found a property you are …
So, better times might be ahead for tenants and home buyers struggling with the lack of affordable homes. Reforms to Victoria's housing industry continue with the Treasurer's recent proposal to introduce changes to the current residential land tax scheme. Treasurer Tim Pallas proposes to extend the vacant residential land tax from inner and middle metropolitan council areas to state …
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