Kevin’s Update

The Sydney rental market has recorded the highest vacancy rate in at least 13 years according to Louis Christopher from SQM Research.   He says the Sydney rental market is just about at the tipping point and he explains what that means for owners and investors. Transcript: Kevin:  The...

Easing house price pressures are proving some affordability relief for home buyers according to the HIA. Joining us to talk about this, HIA economist Diwa Hopkins.   Diwa says the most affordable capital right now was the least affordable only a few years ago.  So what...

Highlights from this week: Getting property in the USA is the easy part Australasia’s most affordable capital city Sydney rental market on the verge of oversupply Suburbs for double-digit price growth Transcripts: Australasia's most affordable capital - Diwa Hopkins Kevin:  Easing house price pressures are proving some affordability...

Every buyer wants to get a property below what it is worth.   Some agents pitch that as the opportunity offered by a quiet listing or a pre-market offering.  Is it real?  How do you find those opportunities?  Paul Wilcox and Robert Skeen say it is. Transcript: Kevin:  You’ve...

Concern continues to grow amongst developers, agents and property owners about the ever increasing cost of marketing properties for sale.  The online space is dominated by two main players who, between them, have been successful at developing business models to continually drive marketing costs to...

Challenges remain for sellers due to higher listing numbers that present more choices for buyers.  Overall though, as Dr Andrew Wilson explains, there are good indicators about what we can expect from Spring.  Dr Andrew Wilson, Chief Economist from My Housing Market presents his weekend...

One agent says she is sick and tired of having to answer for agents who pitch ‘off market’ properties with a misleading ‘price quote’ and a set sale date. Cate Bakos says she has to spend a lot of time educating buyers about the difference...