Category: General

How to prepare rooms to showcase your home today

The winter season, with its shorter days, offers unique opportunities to showcase your property.  Now that the time has come to sell, you need a strategic approach to staging and photography to highlight your home’s strengths and create a warm and inviting atmosphere. When staging a home at this time of year, focus on creating…
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Is there a future for the humble dining room?

In real estate, we’re all about maximising the space of our homes.  Today, with home values at record levels, it’s never been more important than to make the most of every square metre. When you’re selling your home, agents will encourage you to ensure each room, and every nook, has a purpose. Otherwise, buyers will…
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Essential tips for moving home and staying sane

There’s a unique charm to relocating during the winter months. Beyond the practical benefits like lower moving costs and less competition for housing, a winter move offers a chance to embrace a new city’s cozy side and experience its winter magic firsthand. Undeniably, winter moves present unique challenges. Icy roads, the looming threat of snowstorms,…
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Rents rises hit the wall, but there’s upside for investors

This could be a moment of consolidation for investors as new data shows the stellar, post-Covid growth in rental income is coming to an abrupt end. Instead, investors seeking to expand their portfolios should be looking at the prospects of capital growth.  And, if you’re in the market to add another property to your portfolio,…
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Tips and tricks to attract winter buyers to your door

Are you trying to sell your home right now, and finding that you’re just not attracting the attention of buyers that you’d hoped? If so, then it’s time to go back to the basics to ensure you’re providing your potential buyers with a five-star presentation of your home. As an experienced real estate agent, I…
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Five paint styles for 2025’s fashionable kitchens

Buyer priorities tend to change with the fashion, but the Big Three are unmovable – location, bedroom count and size of the property. A recent survey by the real estate portal Domain also found: Gen Z wants lots of  bedrooms (18%) and a shorter commute (14%). Millennials desire a freestanding home (28%) with a backyard…
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Upsizer and Downsizer tips for selling and then buying

The winter real estate market, often characterized by less competition and a more relaxed pace, presents unique opportunities for upsizing to a bigger property or taking it down a notch and downsizing. The fascinating element of buying a new home is that you’re going to be both a buyer and seller.  And while the prime…
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Housing approvals drop 3.6%, indicating rising values and no rent relief

If you’re seeking to understand the long-term picture for Australian property – either to sell or invest in the months ahead – a good indicator is the building approval data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). While the numbers often fluctuate from month to month, the ABS reports give you a solid trend over…
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The essential countdown for preparing your home for sale

If you’re planning to sell your property in 2025, this is the perfect time to create a strategy that will ensure you will always have control of the situation and finish with a great selling experience. In real estate, it rarely pays to rush. And this is never more true than for owners who need…
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Eleven items to declutter and reclaim your bathroom

Does your bathroom look like a bomb has hit it? It’s amazing how many owners will show an agent around their home when they’re ready to sell, and apologise profusely for the state of the bathroom. Like the kitchen, the bathroom is used so often throughout the day that it’s easy for the area to…
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