by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 22, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
When interest rates and house prices are rising, people become cautious. They wonder whether to buy and sell now, or wait for a better time. The market may slow, but it keeps ticking over because there are fundamental reasons why people continue to buy and sell...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 18, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
For the week ending the 17th December 2023, a total of 716 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 399 homes sold at auction this week, with 183 homes passed in, and 134 homes that sold prior to auction. According to data from the Real...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 15, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The property market is a fickle thing, heavily influenced by a range of factors and variables which make it hard to know when is a good time to buy. Significant rises in property values and thirteen interest rate rises over the past 18 months have certainly...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 11, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
For the week ending the 10th December 2023, a total of 700 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 378 homes sold at auction this week, with 188 homes passed in, and 130 homes that sold prior to auction. According to data from the Real...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 8, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
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...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 5, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, RBA Announcements, Real Estate News, Selling a Home, Staging
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...
