The most accessible purchase price does not automatically mean the most affordable property over the full ownership period. The gap between those two concepts is not theoretical - it has real financial consequences that emerge over the hold period.Most buyers approach affordability as a question of purchase price when it is actually a question of t

The most common mistake made by buyers and sellers arriving in Adelaide from eastern capital markets is carrying assumptions built in a different market. A framework built on eastern capital market behaviour is not the right tool for reading the Adelaide market.Adelaide operates as a distinct market with its own structural features, demand composit

Sellers routinely spend money before listing their property. Not all of it comes back at settlement. Some of what sellers spend before selling was never going to move the price in any meaningful way.Few things produce more disappointment for sellers than discovering at settlement that the money spent preparing the property did not produce the retur

For most people selling a home, the agent fee is the number they focus on before almost anything else. The percentage becomes the decision point when it should really be a starting point.In Australia, agent commission is structured as a percentage of what the property sells for. How that percentage is set depends on the agent, the market, and the t

The most common mistake made by buyers and sellers arriving in Adelaide from eastern capital markets is carrying assumptions built in a different market. A framework built on eastern capital market behaviour is not the right tool for reading the Adelaide market.The Adelaide property market is not a smaller version of Sydney or Melbourne - it has it