Vendors who have been thinking about coming onto the market place in the second half of this calender year are moving forward selling plans and jumping in before the distraction of the election sets in. Auctions listings this season will continue the trend of being significantly higher and the impending announcement of the election will [...]

Even when I was at school I seemed to be drawn into, and attracted to the individuals that were different , the uncool , the weirdos. Did not know why I did back then , but I do now. They had no false mask . I was getting the real deal with them. They were not trying [...]

An online survey of 504 Australian adults who report they have bought a property in Australia in the last ten years indicated they are much less interested in reading gossip, expert opinions and voyeurism on real estate. They were far more interested on tips and guides in relation to property prices in their own specific [...]

Had a mate ask me whether he should leave real estate the other day and wanted my advice. He is making about 90k a year and getting depressed Sunday afternoon knowing he has a slog ahead of him the next day that lasts a week. My advice was to base your work decision on the [...]

News Limited’s research recently of what are the driving factors as to why a vendor selects one agent over another is very insightful. The results of this research which is regarded as the most comprehensive quantitative research of the industry in recent times shows that agent selection criteria included the agents estimate of price and [...]

Over the last 3 months News Limited has conducted the largest research project in the real estate indutry and discovered a number of insights that will be shortly rolled out to the industry .  One significant one is the factors that drove a vendor to list with an agent at the listing presentation and contrary [...]