by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 29, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
What a year 2023 has been in property! Nationally and in Victoria we’ve seen property prices and interest rates escalate, a shortage of properties for sale, a lack of affordable rentals, and changes to legislation. Of particular note are the changes to land tax...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 22, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
When interest rates and house prices are rising, people become cautious. They wonder whether to buy and sell now, or wait for a better time. The market may slow, but it keeps ticking over because there are fundamental reasons why people continue to buy and sell...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 15, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
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...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 8, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
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...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Dec 1, 2023 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
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,...
