Busy Buyer Solutions Vendor Advocacy
Busy Buyer Solutions Vendor Advocacy has sold 3 properties recently in South Yarra. An apartment in leafy Kensington Road and two semi detached homes in Quamby Avenue. All met strong demand and have been bought by owner occupiers. We have also sold a renovater’s dream in North Melbourne that met strong competition from three bidders […]
Buyer Beware – What You Need to Know About Garage Conversions
Buyer Beware – What You Need to Know About Garage Conversions By Janet Spencer Converting a garage into a room can be a great way of adding value to your property and getting extra space for an additional bedroom, living space or study or playroom. But, before you rush into it here are a few […]
Change of loan serviceability rules is great news for borrowers
The recent announcement by Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) of the change of loan serviceability rules is great news for borrowers. Combined with the defeat of Labor’s negative gearing reforms and the Morrison government’s scheme to help first-time buyers, analysts have begun tipping an end to property price falls across Sydney and Melbourne. Since 2014, […]
REIV Residential Market Index May Update
About the RMX The REIV Residential Market Index (RMX) is a residential property price index (RPPI) designed to provide a current, simple insight into real property price trends in Victoria. An RPPI measures the price change of the stock of residential dwellings over time. The Residential Market Index (RMX) provides an accessible weekly guide to […]
Art to oven cleaning
There is an art to oven cleaning. We would like all our landlords, tenants and of course clients to be aware that they can harm their oven by cleaning it with corrosive and possibly dangerous oven cleaning chemicals. We were chatting to one of our preferred, professional oven cleaners this morning and he says he […]
Trick or Treat? Melbourne Property Market Now
Trick or Treat? Melbourne property market now is offering both. Patchy, erratic and all over the place. Just the way we like it at Buyer Solutions and not at all what we have come to expect in the raging market conditions that prevailed in 2016 and 2017. Property buyers could find this confusing and comments […]
Exceptional sales result with Buyer Solutions Vendor Advocates
Yesterday we had an exceptional sales result with Buyer Solutions Vendor Advocates. With our Vendor Advocates you can be confident of receiving trustworthy, independent advice when selling. One of the most important financial transactions you will ever make is selling a home or investment property. Recently an investor with an acre of land for redevelopment […]
Finalist REIV Awards 2018
Later this week at the REIV Awards for Excellence the winners will be announced for 2018. I am honoured once again to be one of only four finalists for the REIV Buyers Agent of the Year category. A lot of hard work goes into even being eligible to apply for this award. We are in […]
No ‘Bricks and Slaughter’ in Hawthorn
I need to speak on the recent article by 60 Minutes entitled Bricks and Slaughter. Personally, I think it made incorrect generalizations about the future of the property market. In fact, other media outlets share our view. The property market moves at different speeds at different times depending on what and where you are buying. […]
Why did a property sell 50% above the quote range?
Why did a property sell 50% above the quote range? Special value to a special buyer? Buyer Solutions team inspected a villa unit in Balwyn North last month in Corhampton Road. It was an unrenovated, modest unit with some good attributes. The client we were working for at that time didn’t wish to renovate and […]