One of the most valuable and ambitious renovations before putting your home on the market is to rip out and replace your bathroom. A brand new bathroom can add tens of thousands of dollars to the value of your home and help it sell quickly. A bathroom is arguably the most complicated area of the…
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Do you have big renovation plans for your new home, or do you want to make improvements before you sell? Now is a good time to make sure you protect yourself as building companies hit turbulent financial waters while they absorb increasing material costs. Leading industry researcher CoreLogic says construction costs jumped 9% in the…
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Now may prove a good time for renters thinking about buying their first home – particularly for those approaching the end of their lease. The current market means contributing to your own home equity, rather than paying rising rents and helping pay off someone else’s mortgage, can be a good strategy. While first-home buyers often…
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As we approach the end of 2022 and look at national property market trends, it’s fair to say caution is the prevailing emotion. The euphoria in which owners enjoyed double-digit value gains for two successive years has been tempered by rising interest rates and break-out inflation. Owners have pressed pause on plans to sell while…
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One of the best strategies as a seller is to put yourself into a buyer’s shoes and ask what would make you buy your property in the current market. You might ponder how your property currently stacks up against similar homes for sale in the local area and whether the recent uptick in interest rates…
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Selling your home takes time to plan, it’s not just about organising your preferred agent and solicitor, and perhaps refinancing for your next property. To maximise the value of your home (and who doesn’t want to do that?) you also need to think carefully about potential renovations and aesthetic improvements. We’ve outlined five simple finishing…
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Latest mortgage data from industry researcher PropTrack has revealed investors are returning to the real estate market. After having dropped to just a quarter of all mortgage applications, investors once again account for a third of all loans, PropTrack reported. The prospect of achieving record-high rents in cities and regional centres, coupled with lower property…
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If you’re getting out of the city to take a well-earned break this summer, you won’t be alone if your mind wanders and you daydream about owning a holiday home. Such a luxury is the goal of many Australians, who love the idea of somewhere to escape and maybe spend their golden years in more…
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It’s that time again when family and friends ask about New Year’s resolutions. It’s an old chestnut of a conversation, even though most of us are hopeless at keeping the well-meaning promises we make for ourselves. So, how about this year trying something new and focusing on managing your mortgage? With interest rates rising faster…
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With 2023 fast approaching, it’s that time of year when we consider our New Year’s resolutions, or whether we should bother at all having failed countless times before! If you’re one of the many who pledged, but never bothered to: lose weight, go jogging in your lunch hour or stop smoking, then we’ve got a…
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