THIS weekend marks the beginning of the 2021 auction season and members across the Ray White Group plan to start it with a bang. Low interest rates, government subsidies and the sheer confidence Australians have in property have proven to …
RAY WHITE Surfers Paradise Group has kicked off auctions in 2021 in style with a campaign clearance rate of 79 per cent as a huge 116 residential and commercial properties were scheduled to go under the hammer at the RACV Royal Pines …
Reno tips from an expert to help turn your new house in your dream home. Not only can renovations make your life easier and lift a space but they can also add significant value to your home. It can be …
Stand out from the crowd and ace your rental application with these tips. As rental vacancy rates shrink around the country and competition for properties heats up, your tenancy application needs to go above and beyond. Upgrade your application with …
Tips to make moving house as seamless as possible. Your finances are sorted, contracts are signed and the settlement period has finally come to an end which means it’s time to move into your brand new house. But moving can …
IT’S HARDLY The Lodge but this modest home in Sydney’s west was owned by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Ray White Canterbury Director Manuel Roussakis is marketing the original four-bedroom home at 32 Albert St, Cabramatta which was owned by the Whitlams …
A STRONG December for the Ray White Group has ensured a busy start to the 2021 auction market. In the final chapter of 2020, the Ray White Group wrote a total of $6.1 billion in unconditional sales in December, up …
RECREATE your favourite cricket highlights at one of these amazing backyards perfect for an amateur Big Bash match. 37 Kettels Rd, Kirwans Bridge, VIC While most buyers will see a perfectly manicured lawn, the cricket enthusiast recognises 37 Kettels Rd …
ONE of Melbourne’s top sales agents Leigh Grixti is excited to announce he’s joined Ray White to take his business to the next level. After four years operating in Melbourne’s west, centred in Aintree, Fraser Rise, Taylor’s Hill, Burnside Heights …
Once you’ve decided that you want to make an offer for a property there are two main methods to purchasing: auction and private treaty. At auctions you’ll be bidding against other potential buyers, will have to make fast decisions and …
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