One of the most challenging parts of anyone’s working life when they work in customer or client service is being consistently positive and bright when often they just don’t feel that way. Some days life conspires against you and no matter how hard you try to duck and weave, those curve balls keep hitting you. It’s hard to smile at the customer, your boss, staff or generally anyone unfortunate enough … Read the full post »
Archive for the ‘Retirement’ Category
When you are thinking about making a major financial decision like upgrading or downsizing your home, buying an investment property or even buying your first home, you will often do research as to whether the timing is right to make such a move.
You will soon realise when you start your research that there are so many conflicting views on what the future holds, often in the same publications, that … Read the full post »
Recently, almost on a daily basis, we have been seeing property market commentary from “experts”, mostly economists warning of “Australia’s housing bubble”. Most people understand the concept but I thought I would clarify what it is and what it is they are concerned about.
According to Wikipedia, “a property or housing bubble is a form of economic bubble normally characterised by a rapid increase in market prices of real property … Read the full post »
As we are about to roll into Summer and the end of 2016, we are now in a position to reflect on the significant market influences that have been driving, what has again been, an extremely buoyant year for the real estate market on the Great Ocean Road.
Stock levels (properties available for sale) are at an all time low. Having multiple interested parties in properties for sale has been very … Read the full post »
As Spring is upon us, it’s time to report on what has been an incredibly busy winter and look at what is probably the most fascinating property market and trading conditions that we have witnessed. There has, as usual, been a lot of commentary in the press as to the state of the Australian property markets and we will again try and demystify what is happening for you.
The best analogy … Read the full post »
Our July report is always dedicated to a look back on the performance of the Surfcoast property market for the previous financial year. The 2015/16 financial year saw a very active coastal market buoyed by low interest rates and continued positive sentiment from the metropolitan property markets.
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 … Read the full post »
Great Ocean Report April 2016
It’s hard to believe that we are into April already but the upside is that we are getting a good handle on how 2016 is likely to play out, and so far it is looking quite favourable. In fact, mainstream media is struggling to hold our attention on the economic front, so they have to ramp up the bad news headlines in other areas just to … Read the full post »
This is our first report for 2016 and is a good opportunity to report on what we have been witnessing over Summer, and also to try and do some crystal ball gazing as to what we can expect to see unfold this calendar year.
Obviously the major event that dominated our mindset, and those visiting the coast over the Christmas period, was the bushfire that claimed over 100 homes in Wye … Read the full post »