Buyers and sellers who come to Adelaide from Sydney or Melbourne frequently make the same mistake. A framework built on eastern capital market behaviour is not the right tool for reading the Adelaide market.The Adelaide housing market has its own structure, its own demand drivers, and its own rhythm. Those differences are not peripheral det… Read More
Two suburbs can sit fifteen minutes apart and sell for prices that differ by two hundred thousand dollars. The explanation for that gap contains more useful market information than the median figures themselves.Suburb price comparisons are one of the most commonly performed exercises in residential property research. They are also one of th… Read More
The commission rate is usually the first question a seller asks and the last thing they properly understand. It gets asked in the first conversation and rarely examined beyond the surface.Real estate agent fees in Australia are calculated as a percentage of the final sale price. It varies depending on the agent, the agency structure, and th… Read More
Most vendors spend more energy negotiating the the agent commission than they spend evaluating whether the agent can actually negotiate on their behalf.That focus is natural. Real estate agent fees are the most visible line item in a property sale. Expressed as a percentage of a number that does not yet exist, commission feels like the one … Read More
A low purchase price and genuine affordability are not the same thing. The difference between the two is easy to dismiss before purchase and difficult to ignore after it.The most common misreading of affordability in residential property is equating it with purchase price alone. A low purchase price creates a feeling of affordability that i… Read More