by Wendy Chamberlain | Feb 20, 2026 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
When buying a new home in Melbourne you need to consider more than just the air conditioning if you want to keep it cool every summer without crippling power bills blowing your budget. Many modern Melbourne houses and apartments aren’t built to keep the...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Feb 13, 2026 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The good thing about property investors abandoning Melbourne in recent years, is that it lessened the competition for first home buyers trying to get a foot in the door at the lower end of the real estate market. With property prices now on the rise, first home buyers...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Feb 6, 2026 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The problem of underquoting in real estate is more prominent in the auction sale method, which leaves Victoria, known as the nation’s auction capital, broadly impacted. The Victorian Government’s proposed remedy for the underquoting problem is to require...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jan 30, 2026 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The Melbourne property market is expected to boom in 2026, with experts forecasting 6.6 per cent property value growth during the year. Along with the anticipated property value growth, the factors driving Melbourne’s popularity as the Australian city to invest...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 19, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
If you’re looking to buy a home, leading up to Christmas is actually a great time to buy. There are plenty of off-market properties available right now, with both agents and vendors keen to finalise all property sales before the Christmas period....
