Chamberlain Property Advocates
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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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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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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 …
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 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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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 …
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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We love hearing what our happy clients have to say about their experience with Chamberlain Property Advocates. We helped Gayan and Manoji sell a home! Here is what they 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 …
For the week ending the 20th October 2024, a total of 665 properties were scheduled to go under the hammer in Victoria. There were 358 homes sold at auction this week, with 150 homes passed in and 157 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 …
The housing shortage, lack of affordable homes to buy and shortage of long term rental properties are hot topics Australia wide. Queensland's housing and homeless crisis is spiraling, and escalating house prices combined with record low vacancy rates in South Australia means low income earners are struggling to find affordable homes to rent, let alone buy. And New South Wales estimates a …
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