The median house price is the starting point for almost every property market conversation in Australia. What it actually measures is far less well understood than how often it is quoted.Every month, data providers publish median house prices for suburbs, cities, and corridors across the country. The figures move from data tables into news … Read More

Preparing a property for sale almost always involves some level of financial outlay. Not all of it comes back at settlement. Some of it never had a chance of returning anything at all.The gap between what sellers spend preparing a property for sale and what buyers are actually willing to pay for is one of the most consistent sources of fina… Read More

The commission rate is usually the first question a seller asks and the last thing they properly understand. The percentage becomes the decision point when it should really be a starting point.The way real estate agent fees work in Australia is straightforward on the surface - a percentage of the sale price. How that percentage is set depen… Read More

Property investors moving into the Adelaide market regularly carry assumptions that were formed watching a different market behave. Applied to Adelaide, those assumptions produce miscalculations whose consequences often do not become clear until years into the hold period.Over the past several years the Adelaide residential market has appea… Read More

Suburbs that are geographically close can produce price differences that feel entirely disproportionate to the distance between them. Understanding why that gap exists tells a buyer or seller more about a market than any single median figure ever could.Suburb-to-suburb price comparison is a standard part of how buyers and sellers orient the… Read More