Welcome to 2024! The first month has flown by and with the holiday period now coming to an end we are excited to see what this year brings moving forward. As always, there is a lot of commentary in the media around the real estate market, inflation, cost of living pressures as well as what
And just like that Christmas is upon us and we are heading into the final month of 2023. November, like most months this year, has been an interesting one in our real estate world. An interest rate rise on Melbourne Cup Day at the start of the month led to a bit of uncertainty creeping
With less than 8 weeks to Christmas the Spring selling market is in full swing! We are seeing plenty of home buyers out there looking to secure well priced, affordable homes. There tends to be more home buyers looking to buy in at the moment rather than investors, which is a concern for the much
This year’s spring selling season looks set to be an interesting one. Property prices are steady, more stock appears to be coming onto the market and interest rates may have peaked. So we may see increased activity from both buyers and sellers over the remainder of the year. An interesting observation, however, is that within
And just like that Winter is coming to an end and with the amazing weather we have had this week we have launched straight into Spring. Interestingly, the Winter of 2023 was probably one of the best selling Winters that we have had in some time. This comes down to a number of factors, such
Welcome to your new 2023/24 financial year! It was a relief to see the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) leave the cash rate unchanged at its monetary policy meeting earlier this month. Following that announcement, July has been a great selling month with buyers having confidence in moving ahead to secure a new property whether
May has been an interesting month in our real estate world. It all started with an interest rate rise but we have really seen the impact of ‘supply vs demand’ affect the outcome of sales. With far lower than normal volumes of property on the market, we have seen a great demand, especially for houses
Easter, School Holidays, and ANZAC Day has seen April fly on by. We also had interest rates put on hold by the RBA with some of the banks even lowering their fixed term rates over the past few weeks. Why is this relevant? We find that buyers purchase when they have confidence in the market
Should you see a mortgage broker? Or should you just go straight to your bank? Should you seek finance pre-approval before making an offer on a property? We answer all of these questions and more in our new video series, Coastwide Quick Chat! Coastwide First National sales agent David Manuelle sat down with Mortgage broker
And just like that it’s the end of March; school holidays and Easter are just around the corner, we have a new Government in NSW, and the Real Estate sales market has seen plenty of activity since our last newsletter. At one point a week ago, we had put 6 sales under contract over 8
