by Wendy Chamberlain | Mar 6, 2026 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The Consumer and Planning Legislation Amendment (Housing Statement Reform) Act 2025, was passed in the Victorian Parliament in March 2025. Some of the rental reforms were implemented in November and December 2025, with the next round coming into effect on the 31st...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Feb 27, 2026 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
On the 3rd February the Reserve Bank of Australia increased the cash rate to 3.85 per cent due to a rise in inflation. Last week the impact of that interest rate rise and anticipated future rises was reflected in Melbourne’s auction clearance rates. There were...
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...
