by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 4, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
As expected, Australia’s housing crisis was a focal point in last week’s Federal Budget announcement. In an effort to make housing more affordable for all Australians, the budget proposes changes to the Commonwealth Help To Buy scheme, support for the...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Mar 28, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
With another RBA cash rate decision pending next week, its a good time to take a snapshot of the Victorian property market so far this year. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria apply a Residential Market Index (RMX) to measure property price movement over time. As...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Mar 21, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
It’s good news for Melbourne’s high end property market this month, with recent reports from Corelogic showing upper quartile property values increased during February. Nationally, capital city top quartile home values rose 0.2% in February, in stark...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Mar 14, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The Housing Statement Reform Bill has been passed in the Victorian Parliament, with the new laws to come into effect in November. Additional reforms to the bill, which has a heavy focus on protecting the rights of Victoria’s renters, were announced last October....
by Wendy Chamberlain | Mar 7, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Every homeowner needs to be mindful of the regular maintenance that should be carried out as the cooler months approach. While spring cleaning usually occurs inside the home, autumn is the perfect time to get everything ship-shape outside the home, before winter hits....