FIX SMALL JOBS BUT DON’T RENOVATE EXTENSIVELY: There are many different cultures and your taste may not be what buyers are looking for so major renovations may not enhance the price. Lots of buyers like to do DIY renovations. However do any minor repairs, get them sorted and give the buyers the impression the home…

 Frys Reserve, Kogarah Jacarandas are bursting into life and colour throughout St George and Sutherland Shire. Streets are awash with the magnificent purple-blue blooms of jacarandas which signal the fact that the HSC is on and that summer isn’t far off. Jacarandas adorn backyards and public parks and their fallen flowers form a colourful carpet of…

16 Sep 2021 CoreLogic estimates there were almost 598,000 house and unit sales across Australia over the year ending August 2021; the highest number of annual sales since 2004 and a 42% lift on the annual number of sales over the previous 12-month period.  Nationally, the number of dwellings sold over the past year was…

Selling by auction or private sale is a highly debated topic in the real estate industry.  Whilst many would argue that auctions are the best way to secure the highest sale price for your property given the competitive nature of buyers on the day, others believe private sale is the way to go. So which is…

The latest home value index results from CoreLogic showed the strongest monthly rate of growth in national dwellings since August 2003. A striking feature of the current upswing is the pace at which the ‘high’ end of the market has risen in recent months.  The ‘high’ end of a market is measured by CoreLogic in its ‘tiered…

The size of Carlton is approximately 2.1 square kilometres. It has 2 parks covering nearly 0.3% of total area. The population of Carlton in 2011 was 9,808 people. By 2016 the population was 10,734 showing a population growth of 9.4% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Carlton is 30-39 years.…

The size of Bexley is approximately 4.3 square kilometres. It has 15 parks covering nearly 5.7% of total area. The population of Bexley in 2011 was 19,067 people. By 2016 the population was 19,720 showing apopulation growth of 3.4% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Bexley is 30-39 years. Households…

The size of Kogarah is approximately 2.7 square kilometres. It has 9 parks covering nearly 12.7% of total area. The population was 15,990 in 2016. The predominant age group is 30-39 years.  33.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 11.1%, Nepal 10.2%, India 5.9%, Bangladesh 4.5%…

Housing values continued to rise through the first month of 2021 with CoreLogic’s national home value index up 0.9% over the month.  The January movement takes Australian home values to a fresh record high. Housing values have surpassed pre-COVID levels by 1.0%, and the index is 0.7% higher than the previous October 2017 peak. Every…