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The 2020 real estate world is not kind to home buyers. Gone are the days when buyers – be they family home buyers or investors –

When it comes to the value of our homes, most of us are hugely optimistic. Our place is better than next door. It’s got better features; it’s better

Years ago, we fell victim to a simple scam. A fake email was sent to our accounts department asking for an invoice to be paid.

The word ‘mortgage’ is French in origin. It means “an agreement until death”. In January 2020, the number of Australians suffering

The easiest way to sell any property is to drop its price
In most cases, however, owners should drop their agent not their price.

There are 195 countries in the world. Yet Australia and New Zealand are the only countries where agents expect home sellers to pay for advertising costs.

Aside from the pandemic, I believe something else is hurting home sellers today. I’d like to tell you about it.

Home sellers, you are being told that prices are crashing, and the property market is falling off a cliff –

How to get the truth and the best price by Neil Jenman  This happens all the time in real estate… Buyers make an offer on a home. They tell the agent they “won’t pay any more”. The agent contacts the sellers and urges them to accept the offer. The agent may say: “If you don’t […]

In February, Lana and Ian, a retired couple, decided to sell their home. An agent said auction would get the best price. Only dishonest or incompetent agent

A common mistake of agents – and the reason they often fail to get the best price for a home – is this: They focus too much on price.

If you want to sell your home for a great price in these times of COVID-19, you must find a great agent. There are two stories going around about the effect

In these times of COVID-19, one thing is certain: Thousands of home-sellers are withdrawing from sale. In addition, thousands are delaying selling.

For the first time in their lives, due to a disaster over which they have no control, thousands of good tenants are facing some very bad agents dishing out very bad treatment.

Below is a statement sent by a real estate office, Hampton Peters Real Estate, in Burnie on Friday April 3, 2020, to its many ‘landlords’ and tenants.

Even with the usual fake auction clearance rates, there was no way the industry could hide the auction disasters on the weekend.