Great Ocean Properties Report – Autumn 2024

Welcome to our Autumn 2024 report.

There is a lot happening in the world of property and as usual we will do our best to demystify what is happening. Currently there are many layers to the performance of Australia’s property markets and it very much depends on where you are, what type of property you own or what kind of property you want … Read the full post »

Great Ocean Report – Summer 2023-4


Welcome to our early Summer Great Ocean Report.
It is a fascinating time in the Australian property markets at present with different markets performing at different levels and even different styles of properties within those markets achieving different results depending on their price and appeal.
Most metropolitan markets have been fairly robust through 2023, despite interest rate … Read the full post »

Great Ocean Report – Spring 2023

Welcome to our Spring Great Ocean Report. There is a lot happening in the property markets at present with plenty of mixed messages in the commentary so as is our usual mission with our Great Ocean Reports, let’s try and uncover what’s really happening.

One of the simplest ways to understand a property market is to look at the current psychology of the … Read the full post »

Great Ocean Report – End of financial year roundup

The 2022/23 financial year was dominated by interest rate rises which reduced sales volumes along the Surfcoast. While the volumes were down the values were remarkably steady from the previous financial year in most areas.

So, let’s look at the performance of each of the towns during this period. As a reference, these sales are house sales, that is, a free-standing dwelling … Read the full post »

Great Ocean Report – Autumn

Welcome to our Autumn Great Ocean Report. 

As real estate agents, we get asked a lot “how is the market?” But lately it’s reached heightened levels as both potential buyers and sellers try and work out what is happening. As usual with our reports we will try and deconstruct this.

The easiest way to deconstruct any property market is to firstly focus … Read the full post »

Great Ocean Report – Summer 2022

Welcome to our Summer 22/23 Great Ocean Report

As 2022 ends and we launch into a new year it’s a great time to take stock of what’s happening in the property markets and try to explain what is likely to happen as we move into 2023.

As we have all seen, interest rates have risen steadily, and this has softened what was the unsustainable … Read the full post »

Great Ocean Report – Spring 2022

Welcome to our Spring Great Ocean Report.

There is a lot of media reporting and predictions about the state of the property market at present, so as is our usual mission in our reports, we will do our best to help you understand what’s happening.

Obviously, we are seeing that the Reserve Bank has a clear objective to bring inflation under control and they … Read the full post »

End of Financial Year Roundup 2021/2022

The 2021/22 financial year was, in many ways, a tale of two halves. The June to December period was the end period of FOMO (fear of missing out) that was the overriding sentiment of the previous financial year. Whereas the January to June period saw FOMO dissipate as interest rate rises dampened the overall buyer activity but with still some … Read the full post »

Great Ocean Report – April 2022

Welcome to our Great Ocean Report for April 2022 and as usual, there is a lot of commentary around what is happening in the property markets so let’s try and work out what is actually happening.

As we suggested in our previous Great Ocean Report, the return to the normality of life post peak COVID has taken the FOMO (fear of missing … Read the full post »

Great Ocean Report – February 2022

Our first report for 2022 and as usual there is a lot of reporting in the media about the real estate market so let’s try and make sense of what is happening.

Typically in February there is a lot of reporting about what happened in the previous calendar year as all the results are collated and presented. Needless to say, it was an … Read the full post »

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