An investor who bought in the inner eastern suburbs in 2005 and held for fifteen years did well. But an investor who applied the same logic in 2018, paying a premium for inner-ring scarcity at peak prices, has a different story. The premium was real. The subsequent growth was not proportional to wha

Most homeowners think about this question long before they decide to sell. It is one of the most commonly searched property questions in the country, and yet the answers most people find leave them less certain than when they started. What follows is a clear explanation of how market value is actual

Picture two buyers with identical budgets looking at the same suburb. One sees an affordable entry into the property market. The other sees a twenty-year commute, limited childcare options, and a street that floods every winter. The suburb did not change. What changed was what each buyer counted as

Home staging is one of those topics where seller opinions vary sharply - some treat it as essential, others dismiss it entirely.Sellers who have been through a staged campaign frequently attribute stronger results to the presentation. Sellers who have not are often sceptical about whether it

The common assumption is that buyers approach a property inspection logically. They picture buyers moving through a home systematically, ticking off criteria and arriving at a considered conclusion.That is not what happens.The first thing buyers bring to an inspection is not a checkl