Most homeowners requesting a property appraisal assume they are receiving an objective assessment of what their property is worth. In practice, the appraisal process is more nuanced than that - and understanding the difference between what an appraisal measures and what it can not measure is one of the most useful things a vendor can know before th… Read More

The decision to sell a house rarely arrives with much warning. It tends to emerge gradually - through a change in circumstances, a growing family, a job that has moved, or simply the recognition that the current property no longer fits the life being lived in it. What tends to happen next is where things go wrong. The homeowner calls an agent, gets… Read More

Affordable is one of the most used words in property and one of the least defined. A suburb described as affordable by a real estate agent, a property website, and a first home buyer rarely means the same thing to any of them. This article examines what genuine affordability means for first home buyers in Adelaide, why the northern corridor keeps p… Read More

The decision to sell a house rarely arrives with much warning. It tends to emerge gradually - through a change in circumstances, a growing family, a job that has moved, or simply the recognition that the current property no longer fits the life being lived in it. When that decision does arrive, the instinct for most homeowners is to call an agent a… Read More

The staging question divides sellers in the Gawler market almost every time it comes up.Those who have staged a property and seen the result tend to become advocates. Those who have not often question whether the cost is justified.What staging does to buyer behaviour is reasonably well documented. What matters for any individual sel… Read More