This article was written by Matt Wade, SMH It’s the part of Sydney where people stay put, often for generations. Sutherland Shire – dubbed “God’s own country” by locals – has the lowest rate of departures of any council area in Sydney. Bureau of Statistics figures reveal that only 4.3 per cent of Shire residents […]
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The Sutherland Shire, between Botany Bay and Port Hacking in Sydney’s south, led the city’s strong house price growth in the June quarter. The median house price in the Shire rose 12 per cent in the quarter to $1.12 million according to Fairfax Media’s Domain Group. The upper North Shore followed with […]
The market is booming at the moment, homes are selling for very good prices and there are buyers racing to see homes. The question is, how can you as a home owner take advantage of this and make the most out of the sale of your home. Lets look at […]
Red walls in the nursery and black in the kitchen? If you’re reacting strongly to that idea, there’s a perfectly good reason. Colour plays a huge role in the home, not just with how it looks, but how we feel. So it is important to take that into consideration when […]
An empty property is every landlord’s worst nightmare. So what can you do to help avoid rental vacancy? Meet the market on price “A property simply won’t appeal to tenants if it’s priced too high,” says Tegan Murphy, residential property manager at Melbourne’s Wilson Agents. “Even reducing the rent by […]
1. Set a Schedule If you have a date in mind that you plan to launch your home onto the market, planning is essential. Break the job down into chunks that fit the available time. You are much more likely to stick to a routine if you work to a […]
Many people hesitate to sell their homes in winter, for many reasons they believe winter is a cold time for the real estate market as well as the weather, although some properties would present at their best in warmer conditions it certainly isn’t the case for all properties and here […]
In welcome news for home buyers, real estate agents are now more accountable for the price they quote than ever before. For years, many agents’ preferred trick has been to entice the home seller with the promise of a high price and at the same time lure the buyers into […]
This is the big question about the Sydney property market that everyone is asking but few want to answer. Are house prices in a bubble? In late 2012, we were told that housing affordability was poor and property was essentially over valued. House prices then shot up 30% over the […]
In a trend likely to escalate in years to come, baby boomers are downgrading and selling their family residence as their children leave home. In an ironic twist though, it seems that many baby boomers are downgrading to the type of dwelling that would once have been sold to first […]
A lot of attention has been dedicated recently to aggrieved buyers who have been bait priced and hooked into bidding on properties they could never afford to buy. The respective buyer’s anger at this sales tactic is completely understandable. There is no need to deliberately under quote the value of […]
If 2014 was the year of the foreign investor, expect 2015 to be the year of the expat returning to the property market. Having given up on Aussie housing in 2014, due somewhat to inflated property prices but mainly because of the high Australian Dollar (AUD) throughout the year, expats are now set to re-enter the Australian property market as the Aussie dollar sinks to new lows.