According to the latest data from the Bureau of Statistics, Australia is divided down the middle when it comes to property prices. Whilst the eastern states remain steady, over in WA the resources boom has seen property prices head skyward by 28.8 per cent in the past 12 months. Here in Brisbane we’ve had just …
It looks like an entrepreneurial Aussie has registered zillow.com.au, possibly in a bid to grab some of the attention that is heading to America’s zillow.com. Zillow is “an online real estate service dedicated to helping you get an edge in real estate by providing you with valuable tools and information”, with the goal of “helping …
The Reserve Bank will meet in Sydney today to chat about interest rates. With petrol prices heading skyward, it is expected that the Board will play a little cautiously and keep things stable for the time being. However, inflation is up to 3 per cent, which has currency traders anticipating an interest rate hike. Which …
Last September a young couple in one of Brisbane’s bayside suburbs put their home on the market with one of their local agents. After a few months they didn’t get much interest and the house didn’t sell, so they decided to list the home with another agent. The new agent had the home professionally photographed, …
According to the International Monetary Fund, Australia is the showcase example of how to pull of a “soft landing” in the property market. This means that even though property prices have stopped heading skyward, we’ve still managed to avoid high interest rates, high inflation, and a recession. So basically the economy is still looking good, …
In stark contrast to yesterday’s post, a study by First National Real Estate has found that 26 per cent of women surveyed felt that agents tended to take more notice of their partners when they buy a home together. And it seems to get worse for older women, with this figure rising to 30 per …
American real estate firm Century 21 are currently advertising on US television with an ad that, well, doesn’t really seem to say anything positive about the agent. The wife with a strong opinion is trying to convince her “spineless wimp” of a husband (as AdJab put it) to buy a house, whilst the Century 21 …
Some agents are finding it tough to get the listings at the moment, while others are experiencing record sales. One agency down at Wynnum has just had their best month ever, and we’re as busy now as we were in the crazy period of spring last year.
The Church of the Customer blog points us to some new research which shows just how quickly people get the word out there when they’ve had a bad experience with a retail business: Almost half of shoppers say that they have avoided a particular store in the past because of someone else’s negative experience, and …
Remax Vision agent Sharolyn Grant has decided that she’d like to start giving something back to her clients in the form of a professional photo shoot. I’m not sure if she’ll do it for all of her homes, but she told me yesterday that she was going to be giving a free photo shoot to …