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Rate cut and currency changes could have mixed results for top-end property
The Reserve Bank‘s interest rate cuts can have mixed results at the top end of the property market. The Reserve Bank gave us all a bit of a surprise ... Read More -
Pool-less Camberwell runs second to Malvern big splash top seller: RP Data
The top two highest priced properties sold this week were in Melbourne, according to RP Data. A Malvern property of two blocks was the top sale of th... Read More -
After adding the pool block, Malvern $7,131,510 sale stands out as Melbourne prestige market cools
A $4,865,000 sale in Malvern stood out at weekend auctions, especially as the purchaser also took up the adjacent neighbouring block option to bring t... Read More -
Inner-Melbourne $1 million-plus family home market shows strength: Mal James
With uneven buyer demand, top-end auction offerings are trailing off in both the Melbourne and Sydney auction markets. But an Edwardian weatherboard ... Read More -
Rose Porteous draws the curtains on Deco Toorak property excitation: Title Tattle
Having placed a $4.5 million vendor bid at its March auction, Rose Porteous has now secured about $5 million in post-auction negotiations on her red... Read More -
Buying property in early winter demands a change of tack: Mal James
With Easter 2012 over, many of you will be suffering withdrawals not just from chocolate but also from information about the property market – and mor... Read More -
March 31 will be Melbourne’s first million-plus super Saturday, but record prices still rare
At 6pm on Saturday, the James clearance rate for $1 million-plus Melbourne properties was 57% from the 23 auctions we attended. That figure represente... Read More -
Cooling-off period changes in Victoria could lead to duplicitous buyer strategies
On March 1 (last week) the cooling off laws were amended so that now almost all purchases, except those transacted three days either side of an auctio... Read More -
To buy the best property for your needs, you need a plan
The auctions are back on again, and the chatter about what is happening on the 2012 property market has started. By Labour Day the trickle of opinion ... Read More -
Auction success rate gets a bounce in first big weekend test
The record-setting $5.71 million Surry Hills, Sydneywarehouse sale bybusinessman Neville Miles and his artist wife Beryltopped the pricesin the year&#... Read More -
Melbourne's top-end property market starts the year quietly
So how have we started 2012? In a word, quietly. By any previous year’s measurement, 2012 has been pretty quiet out of the blocks – except for agent ... Read More -
The bubble has truly burst, but the prestige Melbourne market is two-faced: Mal James
This year has been a year some in the property market – chiefly sellers and some agents – would possibly rather forget. For buyers it’s been a little ... Read More -
The risks and rewards of buying before auction, private treaty negotiations and auction day
Negotiating on a property is all about balancing the risks with the rewards. In your quest for the reward of buying your dream home, you might run the... Read More -
A good flow in Brighton should secure more than $3 million
54 Hanby Street, Brighton, VIC, 3186 Not a home that grabs everyone from the street, but a home that does it for me in 2011. The flow works from the... Read More -
If you haven't found your dream home yet, don't panic
You’re a $1 million-plus family home buyer. Super Saturday (October 22) has been and gone and you didn’t manage to buy yourself a home from the 150 or... Read More -
Harry Kewell reportedly kicks off Brighton rental
Soccer champion Harry Kewell has reportedly taken a $3,250 a week newly built Brighton rental property as his Melbourne base. The Nicholas Day-desi... Read More -
Weekend auction wrap: Where the hammer fell
Sydney just pipped Melbourne during the neck-and-neck auction clearance rate race, with a 56% weekend clearance rate compared with Melbourne's 55... Read More -
Keep your emotions in check when negotiating for a property
None of us like to be lied to or feel we’ve been fooled – and very few of us want to be beaten in a deal. Buying a home is a significant emotional ex... Read More -
The Block buyers face a proposed 12-storey Richmond apartment block threatening their investments
A proposed 12-storey Richmond apartment block with shops is set to hurt the re-sale potential and rental income of the four homes sold recently on Cha... Read More -
John Symond buys in Elizabeth Bay: Title Tattle
In 2006 historic Brighton residence Totnes (pictured above) sold to the then incoming Newcrest mining boss Ian Smith, the seasoned mining engineer b... Read More
