T.E.T.

Are we seeing – at least at the top end – the end of the auction era? And are advertised ‘private’ sales approaching the end of their road? More and more the real action is off-market (much of it not even involving agents). But … why? The answer to the auction question is easy: At the top […]

The Block is a television program. A reality television program. Expect unreality. And so it was. Five apartments that contestants had been labouring over for as many months, finally going onto the block with their renovators in line for anything paid above their reserves. And all of them looked like they would have struggled to reach much

Footy: Done School hols: Done Sharemarket: Hmmm Oz$: Hmmmmmmmmm Eight weeks to Christmas and now there’s nowhere left to hide. It’s crunch time. Do it now, or stay put ’til March or later? That is the question. Meanwhile, in the dark… Nothing ever happens during the school holidays. Or does it? 750 Orrong Road Finally

  Week in, week out there are prognosications about what “the” market is doing. Most prove to be about as useful as fortune telling: generalised opinions around the obvious. It may be that no man is an island, but many properties are markets unto themselves. There is no “the” market. Which brings us to lonely bidders.

The to be or not to be thing. There’s a lot of it around. The Agent’s Lament June. Agent’s phone rings. “We’d like you to tell us how much we could get…” July. “We’re still thinking. Maybe after the holidays?” August. “Is now the right time? Really?” September. “Maybe after the footy finals?” Lots of

  We’re back to lack of choice, leavened by an occasional outbreak of the erratic. For many patients the best we can counsel is … patience (sorry). Have a cup of tea and an aspirin and a nice lie down until the impatience passes. Or risk an outbreak of the irrational, as seen at 19 Grange

realAs is an app and website which buyers can use to do a lot of what we do. It should. It’s based on methods Morrell and Koren has developed over the past 20 years. The app was David’s idea and he is one of the founding partners of the company which developed it. It’s something he

Amid the top end’s usual cacophony of victories and defeats, braggings and belittlings, there are signs of a healthy trend emerging. Buyers are standing up and saying they’re not going to take it any more. They’re putting offers on the table and then standing pat. Meet it — or keep it and we’ll look elsewhere.

The agents have come home from far and wide, filled with tales of the hell of luxury resorts from Asia to Europe to the Excited States. Along with dropping the kids off at school, it’s among the punishments they must endure. Back at last, they seat themselves at the table, ready to dine long and