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… we wonder who the underquoters is? OK. We weren’t wondering for very long. It’s all blatantly obvious. One agent underquotes and the rest fall into line. Yes, it’s deceptive, deceitful and misleading and Consumer Affairs and the ACCC have the power and responsibility to stop it. And they don’t. So we’re going to pick […]

… and everyone’s invited. Auctions are booming, private sales the same. Even the wallflowers of summer (expressions of interest) are resulting in winter romances. Dance! Like it’s 2007! 2007? Didn’t that come just before (shudder) 2008? Yes. But there are differences. The clearance rates we’re seeing now (at least at the top end) are being

June. The solstice descends and, along with the shortest day, we usually have the least active market. Not this year. Clearance rates are off the Richter scale. In fact it’s not just one market but three and – at least for the time being – they all appear to be working in unison. But one

Those not at the coalface could read in Saturday’s Age “Global Crisis Hits Toorak” and come away with a 180 degree view of what was really in store. The article should probably have been headed “Global Crisis Misses Toorak, Last Seen Heading for Perth” ? because in these parts, over the weekend clearance rates approached

Liz’s Birthday and nothing to report. Nothing else to do? Have a look around her place.

Victoria continues to lead the nation: more swine flu, slower trains, more mid-city level crossings and extraordinary real estate clearance rates. The last few weeks have seen high clearance rates on low volumes. Last weekend volume was up and there was nary a dent in clearance rates. 667 auctions, 82% of which sold. Even a

There’s one school of thought which suggests that scarcity props prices. There’s another which argues that prices and incomes are related and a shakeout is inevitable. Whichever proves correct in the long term, for now Melbourne is continuing to defy the gravity being felt elsewhere. We have just experienced another more than interesting weekend. The

Top End Trends has come late for some this week. Next week we’ll be working on less haste and more speed… Lost: One Global Financial Crisis. Please return to… The GFC appears to have gone missing in Melbourne. Upper-end Sydney property has died a death, on the Gold Coast they have to give cars away

Melbourne’s temperature did not get out of the teens over the weekend. It was hot! The upper end defied belief and continues to befuddle the so-called experts (and there’s nothing so-called about us), but … But it is very selective. You have a unique period home to sell? Yours is renovated and ready for new

What planet do they live on? Median: “Median (mathematics), the value of the middle member of a set of numbers when they are arranged in order …” That’s clear enough. But it’s nothing but misleading when applied to house prices and it is out-of-date, has little relationship to what is happening now and is not