Most vendors spend more energy negotiating the the agent commission than they spend evaluating whether the agent can actually negotiate on their behalf.That response is understandable. Commission is the most visible cost in a property sale. Because it is tied to a sale price that has not yet been determined, it becomes the easiest number to… Read More
The Adelaide house price median is the number everyone quotes and almost nobody interrogates. It appears in news headlines, agent appraisals, and suburb reports as though it were a precise measurement of what property is worth. It is not. It is a measurement of what sold - and those two things are only the same when the composition of what sold sta… Read More
Most interstate buyers researching Adelaide arrive with a mental model built somewhere else. They know how Sydney moves - the investor cycles, the auction clearance rate obsession, the sharp corrections that follow rate rises. They know the Melbourne density dynamic, the inner suburb premium, the way sentiment shifts faster than fundamentals. They … Read More
Most vendors who invest in home staging think they are paying for their property to look beautiful. They are actually paying for something more specific - the removal of reasons buyers use to justify paying less.The difference matters because it changes the measure of success. A property that photographs well but leaves buyers uncertain abo… Read More
Most vendors spend more energy negotiating the the agent commission than they spend evaluating whether the agent can actually negotiate on their behalf.That response is understandable. Commission is the most visible cost in a property sale. Because it is tied to a sale price that has not yet been determined, it becomes the easiest number to… Read More