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 Estate Institute of Victoria, there was a clearance rate of 74%. If you have already found a property you are interested …
Buyer Alert: There is A Pocket Of Opportunity Right Now!
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 added to the level of buyer anxiety. What will happen in the next 18 months is anyone's guess, although experts predict that property …
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We Love Our Happy Clients – Subir and Susmita
We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Subir and Susmita buy their home. Here is what they had to say: "We were looking for a place we could call our own and we reached out to Wendy Chamberlain. We have had an amazing experience so far and we are standing in front of what we think is going to be our …
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Buyer’s Agent Lower Plenty – Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Lower Plenty 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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Melbourne Weekend Auction Results
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 Estate Institute of Victoria, there was a clearance rate of 73%. If you have already found a property you are interested …
Melbourne’s Rental Crisis Is Becoming A Rental Catastrophe
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 Our Happy Clients – Deepdene
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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Buyer’s Agent Ivanhoe East – Suburb Profile
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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No December Rate Rise From The RBA
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 …
Melbourne Weekend Auction Results
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 …