Property investment in Australia generates consistent buyer activity across most market conditions, and the confusion between the two primary assessment tools - the appraisal and the formal valuation - generates consistent problems for investors who mistake one for the other. The appraisal and the valuation serve different purposes, are conducted b… Read More

Buying property in Adelaide has changed in ways that catch unprepared buyers off guard. The market that existed three years ago - where buyers had time to consider, negotiate, and move at a measured pace - has been replaced by one where the gap between interest and offer can determine whether a purchase happens at all. Knowing what the current mark… Read More

Adelaide house prices have attracted consistent attention over recent years, but the commentary rarely goes deeper than the direction of the headline figure. The median captures an average. It does not identify where growth originated, which buyer segments drove it, or what any of it means for a specific decision in a specific suburb. Right now tha… Read More

Affordable in Adelaide does not mean the same thing it meant three years ago. The threshold for what constitutes an accessible entry point into the Adelaide market has moved outward - from the middle ring into the outer suburbs and specifically into the corridor markets to the north and south of the city. For buyers who are looking for an accessibl… Read More

The property market in the Barossa Valley has undergone sufficient change over the past decade that a buyer or seller approaching it with assumptions from that period would be working with an outdated picture. The change is not simply a price level. It is a fundamental shift in who is buying, why they are buying, and what they are prepared to pay f… Read More