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Sydney’s property market awakes in 2012 to find the devil is in the details
February 29th, 2012If proof were needed that buying property is a risky business, one needs look no further than the first few weeks of activity in the 2012 Sydney property market.As discussed below, the devil is in the details which in some cases paint a very diff
Read MoreThe Sydney residential property market – 2011 market wrap and predictions for 2012 as Europe holds the key above $1 million
December 31st, 2011Mainstream commentators this month described Sydney’s property market as having run out of puff despite and as predicted in CurtiseCall’s December 2010 market wrap, cuts in the official interest rate. This conclusion was based largely on so c
Read MoreForced sales in the Sydney property market – rich pickings for investors?
November 30th, 2011In the search for buying opportunities, Curtis Associates, buyers’ agents in Sydney, noticed a trend which began in October 2011 in the number of Sydney residential and commercial and retail properties being advertised for sale by mortgagees, r
Read MoreBuyers beginning to win the arm wrestle in Sydney’s residential property market
October 31st, 2011Although auction clearance rates in the Sydney property market for October 2011 were broadly in line with previous months this year, there was an unmistakable sense around the auctions and in negotiations that buyers in the $1 million plus bracke
Read MoreHave Sydney property prices doubled in the past seven to 10 years?
September 30th, 2011It is often said in property circles that house prices in Australia double every seven to 10 years. Prompted in part by the fact that September 2011 marks the seventh anniversary of a relatively sharp downward correction in Sydney housing prices
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