Should you buy an inner city car space or a property with one?
February 21st, 2017Depends where you are and on your view of cars, driverless, shared and otherwise in the near and longer term.In typical mainstream media fashion, with some exceptions, this article fails to mention that the price paid last Monday night was $20,00
Read More“Buyer Interest is around $x”…
February 12th, 2017
"Buyer interest is around $x"... a trap for unrepresented property buyers:If you are a Sydney property buyer looking for a "price guide", beware of the agent's response that "buyer interest is around $x."Although they sound the same and
Read MoreInner West Property Market
February 10th, 2017The Inner West property market may already have come off the boil.In a very interesting micro litmus test last night, the renovated, freestanding terrace at 26 Metropolitan Road, Enmore - one of the suburbs best streets - sold at auction for $2,0
Read MorePrivatising the LPI
February 1st, 2017As we said months ago, it's an A1 stupid idea which will see property buyers and others paying more than they do now to fund the operator's profit.However, this great piece of investigative journalism - don't you love leaks - exposes the heart of
Read MoreDo DA’s add value to a property?
January 17th, 2017Do DA's (literally "Development Applications" but a shorthand misnomer for development consent) add value to a property?The answer is yes but often, no.This typically upbeat mainstream article focuses only on the yes's without mentioning the
Read MoreSydney’s development pipeline
January 14th, 2017This is a pretty useful, albeit uncritical summary of what's happening around Sydney:https://www.linkedin.com/…/sydney-changing-boom-has-started…
Read MoreInvesting in Sydney property?
January 9th, 2017This interesting study (despite some crude assumptions) confirms the adage that 'the money is always in the buying':http://www.smh.com.au/…/rent-or-buy-the-evidence-is-in-2017…
Read MoreEnergy efficiency
January 4th, 2017A topic which a competent buyers' agent should cover as part of pre purchase due diligence:http://theconversation.com/why-bad-housing-design-pumps-up-…
Read MoreContaminated Millers Point/Barangaroo and the lessons it holds
January 1st, 2017
The sign reproduced above currently appears on a mortician like tent outside 38 Hickson Road, Millers Point.So full of spin, those in the know get giddy reading it.From personal tenancy experience over 12 years ago we can tel
Read MoreWill Trump trump the Sydney property market?
November 10th, 2016
Maybe. Read our report from one of the first Sydney auctions a day after the US election.On behalf of a client, we registered to bid at last night's auction of 10/34 Fairfax Road, Bellevue Hill. It eventually sold under the hammer for $1.515 mil
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