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 Good Friday is supposed to put the market to bed, but by the time the Easter Bunny arrived everyone was up. Suddenly there was more going on than we’ve seen since early last year. $10 million and over properties were in demand. And selling. Those which had been wallflowers for dance after dance after dance were […]

The siren sounds. The players run on to the field. The crowd’s roar … can barely be heard. Where is the crowd? [pullquote] …their lungs and legs ain’t what they used to be.”[/pullquote]Players wander, waiting for the bounce. And what players: the new kids – seen little and know it all; the old stagers – know

There is no normal anymore. Everything is the exceptional. Nothing’s happening up in the stratosphere? Right. With the exception of two off-market sales – each over $12 million – in the past week. Not cheap. Not forced sales. Not 10-15% discounts. Just four parties who wanted to transact quietly and to get on with their

It’s a buzz through the inner suburbs (with many of those who live there attempting to swat it). It’s a fever that’s supposed to spread to the auction scene, but to the untrained eye a lot of not very much was all there was to be seen. [pullquote]All the real action was under the water.”[/pullquote]Those

It’s a yes-and-no time. Has the dust settled? Yes. And no. [pullquote]…homes you would really want…”[/pullquote]Yes, still not much choice. Yes, some in the wings (with homes you would really want) waiting to see the signs post-Easter. Yes, some sales over $3.5 million over the past two weeks (and thank you, pass-ins and newly realistic

Right now we know of seven properties, each valued at more than $6 million, and two at more than twice that … all sitting on offers 10-15% below numbers which would entice their vendors onto the dance floor. [pullquote]You can buy a car race for that…”[/pullquote]$66 million. You can buy a car race for that

We’re back. Yup. The zoo has opened its doors and the wide-eyed are buying, or not buying, their tickets. What’s new? What’s changed? Will there be more of the same? Short answer: Sorta. Some of those who prowled the lion enclosure are now walking with the elephants; and there’s an occasional dinosaur to be found

Game over. At the top end, that was the year that was. The year the tide went out for the agents – although some have yet to hear the news. That flicker of light seen over the past couple of weekends has been snuffed out. Except for the one in twenty which tick all the

Not one market. Many. Where you are buying/selling, and when, all count. Now more than at any other time of the year; and more so this year than most. Some bites: Traction. Some. Surprise! Sales are being made at the top. More often than not, post expression-of-interest and, for the few remaining supreme optimists, post-auction.

Greetings, sports fans. Big weekend was had by all. Winners and losers, hard-hitters and duffers out in force while a squillion spectators had a ball. Not golf: real sport. Real estate. [pullquote]The winners were clear by about the third hole…”[/pullquote]The winners were clear by about the third hole: buyers, no handicap. There were even comedy