Relief is in sight for home buyers purchasing off-the-plan units, apartments or townhouses with the Victorian Government's plan to offer uncapped stamp duty concessions to ALL buyers of off-the-plan strata properties in Victoria. REIV CEO Kelly Ryan hopes this is the first step in comprehensive stamp duty reform, with tax concessions introduced to incentivise investors and stimulate more …
We Love Our Happy Clients – Eva and Mark
We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Eva and Mark buy a home! Here is what they had to say: "So quick and easy, just an incredible experience. Wendy does everything for you! You just have to say 'yes' and it’s all done. No messing around. We bought a home off market. That’s the best part! We would never …
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Buyer’s Agent Viewbank – Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Viewbank 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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RBA Leaves Cash Rate On Hold, Again
We hope the Melbourne Cup brought you some joy today, because the Reserve Bank did not. The narrative remains unchanged... at today's meeting the Reserve Bank of Australia announced its decision to leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.35% yet again. While headline inflation has declined significantly and is expected to remain low for a period of time, underlying inflation remains too high …
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Melbourne Weekend Auction Results
For the week ending the 3rd November 2024, a total of 263 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 166 homes sold at auction this week, with 56 homes passed in, 1 sold after auction and 40 homes sold prior to auction. According to data from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, there was a clearance rate of 79%. If you have already found a property you are …
Quarterly Update on Median House Prices
Victorian property prices haven't experienced the same level of significant growth that many other states have seen in recent years, in fact there has been a decline both in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria property values since 2021 and and 2022 respectively. Metropolitan Melbourne reached its peak of $1,135,500 in Q4 of 2021 before declining to $910,000 in Q4 2023. Since then, …
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We Love Our Happy Clients – Niha and Varun
We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Niha and Varun buy a home! Here is what they had to say: "It was amazing working with Wendy because we are first home buyers. We really didn’t know where to start and Wendy was there with us all along the way and guided us, was patient with us because we thought we were …
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Buyer’s Agent Glen Iris – Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Glen Iris 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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Melbourne Weekend Auction Results
For the week ending the 27th October 2024, a total of 938 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 498 homes sold at auction this week, with 220 homes passed in and 220 homes sold prior to auction. According to data from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, there was a clearance rate of 77%. If you have already found a property you are interested in and …
How Have Land Tax Increases Impacted Investors?
Recent data analysis featured in PropTrack Market Insights indicates the higher land taxes imposed by the Victorian government have impacted the Victorian rental market in several ways. New land tax thresholds were announced by the Victorian government in May 2023 and came into effect in January 2024. For perspective, the cost increase on unimproved land valued at $500K amounted to an …
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