Flying cars, driverless cars and the rise of electric vehicles – what does this mean for property? Nerida Conisbee, Ray White chief economist While I can’t quite imagine arriving at work in a flying car in my lifetime, it may …
All data coming out about the construction industry shows ongoing challenges. Construction costs are up nine per cent, the highest rate recorded excluding the year the GST was introduced. Construction industry insolvencies are up 30 per cent over a 12 …
Open Day at The Shed Sunday August 7, 2022 The first Ray White office still stands proudly, in an historical village in Crows Nest, Queensland. It’s simply a tin shed, and it hasn’t changed since Ray opened his business inside …
THE federal election is over and the country can finally take a breath as life goes on in the property market. If you only started paying attention to the property market last year then you might think the current softening …
All data coming out about the construction industry shows ongoing challenges. Construction costs are up nine per cent, the highest rate recorded excluding the year the GST was introduced. Construction industry insolvencies are up 30 per cent over a 12 …
Fighting fit – Patrick Cosgrove, Jarryd Rubinstein and Oliver Lavers preparing for the Kokoda Track to raise money for the Wolfy Foundation. SUPER fit Ray White TRG managing director Jarryd Rubinstein has top agents Patrick Cosgrove and Oliver Lavers on a …
We’ve been around as a company for 120 years. Never in that time has anyone or anything been able to accurately predict the future behaviour of buyers. And thank goodness for that… it has kept us all in a job! …
This year will be a much better one for first home buyers The start of the pandemic was a popular time for first home buyers to get into the market. Between January 2020 and January 2021, the number of first …
This week, Ray White chief economist, Nerida Conisbee takes a look at the latest inflation data and outline what it will mean to property this cycle. Inflation hits 5.1 per cent – what does it mean for property? No doubt …
Over the past few months, it’s been fascinating to witness the shift in media reporting on the state of the Australian property market. It has quickly become foreboding. True, it’s not as foreboding as it was this time two years …
PREPARING TO VACATE YOUR RENTAL PROPERTY Moving out of your rental property involves more than just packing up your things and returning the keys. In order to pass your final inspection and complete the rental process properly, there are certain tasks you will need to take care of. Below is … Read more
The most important task we can do for a landlord is to find the “right” tenant, in the shortest timeframe, for the highest possible rent. To achieve this there are three key elements that we must get right – price, promotion and presentation. Whether your property is being marketed for … Read more
This year Ray White has introduced the NPS system across all offices. NPS stands for Net Promoter Score. Clients who have sold their properties through Ray White are contacted to give a rating between 1 and 10 as to whether they would “Given the same situation, use the same agent … Read more
Renting your property out privately sounds like a reasonable idea. You can save on the fees and it seems pretty easy. Almost everyone knows someone who does it themselves successfully, you may even do it yourself. Sounds great until something goes disastrously WRONG as it did for a client I … Read more
The median price for the City of Belmont in the last quarter of 2012 was $485,000 with 237 properties selling compared with $440,000 in the same quarter of 2011 with 215 properties selling. This represents a median gain of 10.22% year on year (Source: REIWA). The gains are attributable primarily … Read more
If you don’t know any agents in your area then sometimes the temptation is to find an easy way to compare agents when looking to sell. There are numerous and growing numbers of sites offering to find an agent for you or have the best 3 or so local agents … Read more
It’s a common belief among some owners that all agents are pretty much the same. Well I can tell you that this story proves very much otherwise. Sometimes it’s only when the statistics become publicly available that we discover the sometimes startling differences in sale prices for similar properties. When … Read more
If you ever wondered whether you should auction your property then click on the link to the video above for an insight into how we do auctions and whether it would be appropriate for you.
From time to time as an agent I am confronted with the idea of Feng Shui. Sometimes a house does not appeal to some because it apparently has bad Feng Shui. Drives me nuts! Other times it apparently has great Feng Shui . I have even had a buyer employ … Read more
Before you purchase a property feel free to take advantage of Andrew Huggins’ extensive knowledge of property particularly in the City of Belmont area. Andrew can smell a bargain and equally can smell a lemon. For a completely independent opinion of the merits of a property you are thinking … Read more