Author: Kevin Turner

10 Aug

Posted at 16:00h in Auction Update, Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Research, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

This week and weekend There were 1,160 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities this week, similar to the previous week when 1,154 auctions were held, and slightly higher than this time last year (1,111). The combined capital city preliminary auction clearance rate was...

10 Aug

Posted at 13:04h in Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Research, Selling a property, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

This ultimate family entertainer situated on 704m2 in quiet leafy street features a fully secure with electric gate and intercom, separate gate for foot traffic, fully manicured and detailed gardens and lawns, it is also newly renovated inside and out with modern flair and industrial...

10 Aug

Posted at 09:13h in Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Real Estate Talk, Research, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

Agents are forever  being accused of under quoting, and every state and territory has laws that are suppose to prevent it. The most extreme being in Queensland, where it's actually against the law for an agent to give a price guide. Veronica Morgan asks Meighan...

07 Aug

Posted at 16:12h in Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Real Estate Talk, Research, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

Pitch it low and watch it go or pitch it high and watch it die.  The language used by agents when it comes to pricing a property.  Agents are forever being accused of underquoting – pitch it low and watch it go - and every...

07 Aug

Posted at 15:24h in Auction Update, Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Research, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

Last week saw the final weighted average clearance rate improve across a lower volume of auctions and fewer withdrawn auctions. There were 1,154 capital city homes scheduled for auction last week, returning a final auction clearance rate of 58.7%.  To the week ahead now and...

06 Aug

Posted at 09:10h in Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Research, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

Property buyers and first home buyers in particular are really unmatched when it comes to negotiating with real estate agents. For starters, they are emotional when the agent usually isn’t. But they also fail to recognize that the agent knows a whole lot more information...

05 Aug

Posted at 09:30h in Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Real Estate Talk, Research, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

Meighan Wells and Veronica Morgan have taken for granted that they know what to look for when inspecting a property, but when they've been running our first home buyer Facebook Live Q&As, they've been inundated with questions about how they can avoid buying a lemon....

04 Aug

Posted at 15:09h in Auction Update, Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Research, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

Welcome to this special report on the state of the Australian Market.  Earlier today CoreLogic released its Hedonic Home Value Index that indicated that Australian housing values continued to drift lower for the third month.  CoreLogic’s home value index dropped 0.6% over the month, a...

03 Aug

Posted at 16:00h in Auction Update, Buying a property, Finance, Kevin Turner, Kevin's Update, Latest Stories, Property Investment, Research, Shows, Sponsored Channels, Trends, Videos, Your Investment Property by

  Fewer homes withdrawn Volumes trend lower The CoreLogic report on the weekend’s auction activity shows that the combined capital city preliminary clearance rate improved across a lower volume of auctions this week.    There were 1,162 homes taken to auction returning a preliminarily success rate...