Price and affordability are not interchangeable terms in residential property - the distinction matters more than most buyers realise before they purchase. The gap between those two concepts is not theoretical - it has real financial consequences that emerge over the hold period.Affordability in residential property is routinely confused wi… Read More

The typical homeowner goes into an appraisal expecting one clear answer. What an appraisal actually delivers is a range built on comparable sales, adjusted for conditions, and shaped by the experience of whoever is doing the assessment.On the surface, finding out what a home is worth appears to be a simple exercise. The methodology that pro… Read More

Most people decide to sell before they know what selling actually costs.Most vendors commit to selling well before they have run the full numbers. The motivation arrives first. The costs arrive later - some before listing, some during the campaign, and some only at settlement.The cost of selling a house in Australia is not a single … Read More

Pre-sale spending is a near-universal part of the selling process. Not all of that spending is reflected in the final sale price. Some of it never had a chance of returning anything at all.Seller spending and buyer willingness to pay do not always align - and the gap between them is one of the more reliable sources of post-sale regret. The … Read More

What Market Conditions Are and Why They MatterProperty values do not sit still. They move with the market - sometimes gradually, sometimes quickly - and the market is shaped by variables that have nothing to do with the physical attributes of any individual property.Market conditions are not a single variable. They are a co… Read More