by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 20, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
New research shows Victoria’s first home buyers are missing out on the concession that could save them thousands of dollars and help them take that first step into the property market. Victoria’s first home buyer concession scheme waives the stamp duty...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 13, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
In a recent interview with the Sydney Morning Herald’s Jim Malo, Wendy Chamberlain calls property price guides ‘a work of fiction.’ If you’ve been on a fruitless and frustrating house-hunting expedition in Melbourne’s property market,...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jun 6, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
While Melbourne and Canberra have been the only capital cities to record annual declines in their home values of -1.2% and -0.7% respectively, it appears that is about to change. RBA rate cuts in February and May have helped to boost borrowing power, with further rate...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 30, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Whether you are approaching retirement age or you are already enjoying a retirement lifestyle, you may start to consider selling your home and moving to accommodation that will work better for you as you age. So what are the options? Downsizing A typical choice...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 26, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
For the week ending the 25th May 2025, a total of 729 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 440 homes sold at auction that week, with 161 homes sold prior to auction, 1 sold after auction and 127 homes passed in. According to data...
by Wendy Chamberlain | May 23, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
People often think property investing is about building a portfolio of residential rental properties, but that is just one of several ways to generate wealth through property investment. House Flipping Although building material costs have escalated in recent years,...