Dear Real Estate Industry, The word 'dear' isn't a term of endearment. It describes what many people think of us. Dear. Expensive. Costly. Steep. Those were a few of the responses we received when we recently asked people to give their opinion of the real estate...

We can't say we didn't ask for it. Using social media, we recently invited people to give their opinion of the real estate industry in one word. The response was a brutal series of short and sharp jabs that made us feel like we were watching an episode of Batman from...

Caveat Emptor –‘let the buyer beware’. For most people, buying a property is likely to be one of the biggest transactions they will ever undertake, maybe only once in their lives, or maybe more.

It is no illusion that local and offshore financial commentary has been pointing toward another probable global recession, with 2020 being in the crosshairs for such a widely anticipated event. Another ‘correction’, similar to the 2008 GFC with many renditions of the...

Selling your home? Let’s not make it too personal. It’s not right to use a vendor’s personal circumstances as a means of selling a house. Divorce, financial difficulties, poor health, whatever the reason for selling, they are the vendor's reasons and should not be put...

Many real estate agents don’t see you as a client. They see you as an easy commission. They can make a lot of money by doing very little to sell your home.