The cheapest property available is not always the most affordable one. The difference between the two is easy to dismiss before purchase and difficult to ignore after it.Most buyers approach affordability as a question of purchase price when it is actually a question of total cost over the ownership period. The psychological sense of afford… Read More

The median house price is the starting point for almost every property market conversation in Australia. It is repeated constantly and understood correctly far less often than it is used.Every month, data providers publish median house prices for suburbs, cities, and corridors across the country. The figures move from data tables into news … Read More

Pre-sale spending is a near-universal part of the selling process. The relationship between pre-sale spending and sale price is not always the one sellers expect. Certain categories of pre-sale spending produce no return regardless of how much is committed to them.Seller spending and buyer willingness to pay do not always align - and the ga… 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

Investors entering the Adelaide market frequently arrive with a framework developed in Sydney, Melbourne, or another capital - and that framework does not always transfer. In Adelaide, those assumptions regularly produce miscalculations that take years to become visible.Investor interest in Adelaide residential property has grown steadily o… Read More