Sellers routinely spend money before listing their property. Not all of that spending is reflected in the final sale price. Some expenditure has no realistic path to returning value at all.The mismatch between seller spending and buyer response is one of the most predictable sources of frustration in the selling process. Knowing which activ… Read More

Most sellers know the commission percentage before they know anything else about their agent. It is often the first question asked and the last thing properly understood.Agent commission in Australia is expressed as a percentage of the final sale price achieved. That percentage varies between agents, between agencies, and between states. Th… Read More

Interstate buyers and sellers arriving in Adelaide from Sydney or Melbourne tend to repeat a consistent error. The framework they apply was built watching a different market behave and it does not transfer cleanly to Adelaide.Adelaide operates as a distinct market with its own structural features, demand composition, and price behaviour. Un… Read More

The gap between suburb medians in the same city can reach two hundred thousand dollars or more - and the distance separating those suburbs may be negligible. The explanation for that gap contains more useful market information than the median figures themselves.Suburb-to-suburb price comparison is a standard part of how buyers and sellers o… Read More

The median house price is the most quoted number in Australian property reporting. It is also one of the most misunderstood.Monthly median price data is published by multiple providers across every suburb, city, and growth corridor in Australia. What starts as a statistical output from a data provider ends up shaping the financial decisions… Read More