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Insider Tips for Buying Your Dream Home: Is the Agent Really Your Enemy?
Tired of feeling lost and overwhelmed during the pre-approval stage? We’ve got a game-changing solution for you! Welcome to the Australian Property Investment Podcast. In each episode, we ask a guest expert to share their key insights for aspiring investors to make confident property choices. In...
Top 5 Tips for finding the leading agent to sell your unique property
My "TOP 5 TIPS" for finding the leading agent to sell your unique property. Could be an amazing architectural home, passive / eco home, have rare zoning or a multitude of other reasons that seperate it from a traditional sale. DEVELOP A BASE IDEA OF VALUE Land value + improvements for exampl...
How To Avoid Missing That Once-In-20-Years Opportunity
It should come as no surprise that the suburbs which can be hardest to “break into” are generally the ones with gorgeous waterfront views. New data on Sydney shows that the five suburbs where people hold onto property the longest are: Yowie Bay St Johns Park Bonnyrigg Heights Malabar Y...
The best Buyers see more of the market & limit buyer competition
Welcome to the Get Buyer Ready Show by Hello Haus, where we go #live every Wednesday at 12.00 noon AEST Brisbane time. Last week we talked in-depth around how to fine tune your property search criteria and put in the steps to build rapport with agents to stay top of mind. Today's all about the...
Flow Or No Flow, Property Is Changing
News broke last week that controversial entrepreneur, Adam Neumann, having been ousted from WeWork, would be returning to the property sector with a new venture. It’s called “Flow”, and not much is known about it, other than it is billing itself as a “community-driven” rental startup. In a report...
Supply Is Still Not Meeting Demand: What This Means For Home Buyers
A report on Domain.com.au has highlighted an ongoing trend and challenge in Australia’s property market: despite being a normalising of property pricing, supply is still not meeting demand across most markets. Generally speaking, property prices ease when supply and demand are in balance, or sup...
Getting The Message Right When Selling Your Property Has Never Been More Important
Selling a property in a softening market can create a host of challenges, but perhaps the most significant of these is the marketing. During a boom market, you can get away with a set-and-forget approach to marketing. The buyers are going to come anyway and, if anything, cutting through the noise to...
Why Do We See “Analysis Paralysis” In A Softening Market?
One of the fascinating dynamics that we’re seeing in the market right now is an uptick in what we call “analysis paralysis.” Basically, people are so concerned about analysing the opportunities in the market that they’re missing opportunities and ending up with nothing. It isn’t what you would...
Why buy when you can invest?
Originally published on Linkedin. People looking for a place to live in major Australian cities might soon reach the point that renting while they hold investment properties is the superior alternative to buying a property to occupy. Renting has its share of challenges, but for those that wish...
Speed is the new normal with home purchases. Here’s how to avoid critical mistakes that will land you a lemon.
Originally published on Linkedin. New research from ME Bank highlights a worrying trend. More people than ever are purchasing property without doing full due diligence on it, and it’s proving to be a risky strategy. More than half of purchasers are spending less than 60 minutes in a property...
Tips For Buying Luxury Property: Be Informed, Negotiate Better
Originally published on Kizzis Luxury Properties. With the property market across Australia booming, and competition for those prime pieces of real estate tougher than ever, getting that dream home has never been more challenging. Despite the boom, however, it’s not necessarily money that’s the i...
5 top tips for home buying in COVID-19 in Australia
1. Assess market value for current and sold listings online. 2. Get approved finance so you’re ready to sign on the line. 3. Visit the home you want at different times of day to suss out noise and light issues. 4. View competing properties in-person in your target post code. 5. Make buying p...