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 …
Do You Love Low Maintenance Living But Also Enjoy A Lush Garden Space? Here’s How To Have Both!
Big family homes on small blocks and even downsized homes on courtyard allotments are marketed as "low maintenance living" - a term that entices buyers with visions of relaxing lifestyles and social weekends spent out and about, not mowing lawns, trimming hedges and weeding gardens. But in fact low maintenance homes often occupy a large portion of the block so the backyard becomes a paved …
We Love Our Happy Clients – Cait and Dave
We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Cait and Dave sell their home. Here is what they had to say: "We want to say thank you so much. We are delighted with the result and we keep saying to each other, we couldn’t have done it without you and your calm, professional advice, helping us navigate the very, …
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Melbourne Weekend Auction Results
For the week ending the 26th November 2023, a total of 718 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 368 homes sold at auction this week, with 221 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 69%. If you have already found a property you are …
Victoria’s Land Tax Reforms – Will They Help?
So, better times might be ahead for tenants and home buyers struggling with the lack of affordable homes. Reforms to Victoria's housing industry continue with the Treasurer's recent proposal to introduce changes to the current residential land tax scheme. Treasurer Tim Pallas proposes to extend the vacant residential land tax from inner and middle metropolitan council areas to state …
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We Love Our Happy Clients – Gayan
We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Gayan sell his home. Here is what he had to say: "This is the second property that I have sold with the help of Chamberlain Property Advocate and from the get-go it was a very easy process. The best thing I like about using Wendy’s services is that I only have to deal …
Melbourne Weekend Auction Results
For the week ending the 19th November 2023, a total of 824 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 439 homes sold at auction this week, with 224 homes passed in, and 160 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 …
What Is Causing Melbourne Tenants To Lose Sleep?
You can't argue with numbers, and the numbers are showing that property investors are selling up and tossing their landlord's hats away, clearly a prospect which is causing anxiety for many tenants. New research by the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA),indicates that 12.1% of property investors sold one or more of their rental properties in the past 12 months, with just 24% …
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We Love Our Happy Clients – Martyn and Debbie
We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Martyn and Debbie buy their home. Here is what they had to say: "We’re very happy to have been successful at bidding and without Wendy we wouldn’t have been able to be successful I don’t think. If I bid on a house at an auction, I would have got the numbers all …
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