The past week has seen a dramatic increase in enquiry levels with both online and open for inspection numbers up significantly.
There are several factors driving this.
Firstly, the COVID 19 lockdown period has allowed people to realise where they don’t want to be and/or realise where they want to be in the future. We are hearing many stories of people generally wanting … Read the full post »
Throughout the COVID 19 restriction period I have spent a lot of time working on the back end of our business so we can spring out of the blocks as things head back towards some normality. I’ve also spent a lot of time thinking what the new normal will look like.
I’m fascinated with human behavioural patterns and the psychology behind those … Read the full post »
As we look back on our last report in February, we were describing a very different scene to what has unfolded since.
Rather than dwell on what we already know and see in the press everyday we thought we would provide what we have seen in consumer behaviour from previous times of crisis. Hopefully for both potential buyers and sellers of real estate … Read the full post »
Could is the most disturbing and unsettling word in the English language right now.
This small speculative word is used as both a weapon of influence and as a substitute for “beware.”
It is used to control the population and to influence their actions by using our innate fear of the unknown. In unsettled times such as now, our ability to catastrophise can reach … Read the full post »
One of the struggles anyone who works in a customer service role has (which includes real estate agents) is the consistent need to be nice to everyone you meet while you are at work. To work in these roles successfully it really helps if you are a “people person” by default but there are days that, despite your natural niceness, the … Read the full post »
This is our first Great Ocean Report for 2020 and it is being written at a time of high activity and a generally buoyant real estate market. There is always plenty of property market commentary and as usual we will do our best to demystify what is happening for you.
A quick recap for context. The two biggest property markets in Australia … Read the full post »
There are a couple of things that are universal that help us understand personality types. We are all products of our environment and secondly, we see what we look for. The first one is something that happens over time and the second can change on a daily basis.
If you grow up in a family of doctors, you are highly likely to … Read the full post »
Although the new year is only a couple of weeks old, early signs are that 2020 will see a highly active year for the real estate market.
This is obviously good for property owners but can, at times, be highly frustrating for willing buyers as they often have to compete for properties. One of the … Read the full post »
Spring
is here and as the temperatures increase so does the activity in the Australian
property markets. With so much economic news pumped into our daily lives, it is
hard to understand exactly what is happening and how it will affect each
property market in Australia. As usual, we will do our best to demystify what
is happening for you in plain English.
As
we have discussed previously in our Great … Read the full post »
The
2018/19 financial year saw a slightly more subdued property market in terms of
volume, but still a very resilient coastal market in terms of price. It is interesting to see the contrast in price
and volume of house sales in each town in our service area from the previous
financial year.
So
let’s look at the performance of each of the towns during this period. As a reference, these … Read the full post »
