by Wendy Chamberlain | Sep 26, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Hot off the press is the Real Estate Institute of Australia’s Housing Affordability Report for the June 2025 quarter. It shows slight improvements to mortgage and rental affordability, so the optimists among us will say things are moving in the right direction,...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Sep 19, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Change is on the horizon. Spring is here at last, so we can put winter behind us and welcome the prospect of warmer weather. There is also plenty of change happening in Melbourne’s real estate market, which may have you thinking about selling. First home buyers...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Sep 12, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
We’re beginning to see glimpses of spring, so what can buyers and sellers expect as the real estate market’s busiest season looms? How do you know if the Melbourne property market is actually recovering, and when the time will be right for you to buy or...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Sep 5, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The recent announcement by the Albanese Government about upcoming changes to the federal Home Guarantee Scheme has created lively rhetoric in real estate circles. Let’s consider the impact of the following changes, some of which were previously planned for...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Aug 29, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Anyone with a mortgage wants to see interest rate cuts – an extra $100 or more per month relieves the pressure on every household budget. But what happens to Melbourne’s property market when interest rates fall, and what does it mean for new home...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Aug 22, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Trying to find a home in Melbourne that isn’t open plan is virtually impossible, so we have little choice but to embrace open plan living whether we like or not. And while we may not admit it, secretly some of us may dream of the era when kids played in their...
