T.E.T.

OK. We told you so. We’ve been shouting it from the rooftops since Christmas. The sands have shifted and there’s a new norm coming. Post-Budget, the penny has finally dropped. You can’t pick up a paper or turn on the news without property being the headline. It’s gone well beyond dinner-table conversation. The old saying […]

There’s a chorus of journalists: What’s the temperature out there? Is the market really going backwards? And eight would-be vendors in a week: Should I sell? Do I need to sell before I buy? What happens if I can’t sell? There is anxiousness. At the Top End, a quick movement can be millions of dollars.

There comes a moment in every market. Not the crash. Not the boom. The moment when everyone quietly… stops. No announcements.No headlines.Just a shift in the air. You walk past a board — and instead of For Sale… it says: NOT FOR SALE And you think… that’s odd. It isn’t. It’s the market, speaking plainly.

In Summer, when we talk Top End, we talk beach. If two is company, tide-watchers are a crowd. So where is the tide in 2026? Now? Still ebbing. And it’s everyone’s guess when it will turn. Transactions are scarce. New opportunities are thinner than sunscreen in the glovebox. From Flinders to Lorne, January offered very

The Christmas Grinch showed up early — mid-October, to be precise — and the Top End market went quiet enough to hear Santa sigh. The usual December buzz has been replaced with ghost listings, vanishing buyers, and agents taking RDOs like it’s 1994. Of the 60+ prestige properties listed recently, only 10% sold. The rest?

Zingless Spring, Hopeless Odds and Too Many Bridesmaids Spring in Melbourne usually means racing, roses, and real estate records. But this year? The roses are blooming, the Cup is coming… and the Top End feels like it forgot to set the alarm. Sydney’s charging ahead while Melbourne stumbles at the gates. Agents are revving engines,

“Is the Winter Glacier Thawing… or Just Cracking?” After a long cold hibernation, the Top End might just be stretching its limbs, but don’t hold your breath if you’re expecting a flurry of deals and a Spring surge.  Yes, there are  signs of a thaw but it’s mostly off-market and mostly price-led. Buyers remain cautious

Winter didn’t just roll into the Top End — it unpacked, turned off the furnace and swallowed the keys. Vendors holding out and buyers wrapped in caution. Deals? Scarce. Momentum? MIA. You’d hear more action from a mothballed fax machine. The few deals getting done are by those who understand this market doesn’t reward daydreams. The

A chill has descended. At the Top End, the market’s caught in moody stand-offs — no one quite sure whether to pull the trigger or pull the doona over their heads. Buyers are skittish, sellers are split between hopeful and haunted and agents are eyeing their San Tropez floaties with more than usual caution. Still,

Toorak AAA land is burning and records are going up in flames.    11 Kenley Court $17,000/sq m. (Are you still breathing?) Albany Road. Off-market. $13,000/sq m. (Take another breath.) Ask and it shall not be given 3-4 Montrose.  Asking $29m.  No. Just no. No way. No.  Rewind… 27 St Georges Road. Sold two years