Wondering how much stamp duty you’ll need to pay? Use this Australian Stamp Duty Calculator to get a quick estimate of government costs based on your purchase type—whether you’re buying your first home, investing, or upgrading. It’s updated with 2025 rates and includes Foreign Buyers Duty where applicable. Check if you qualify for any […]
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Buyer fatigue is real, and it often starts with an unclear or unrealistic budget. Instead of diving into the “for sale” tab, start in the “sold” tab. Look at what’s recently sold in your target suburbs and focus on land size or sqm on title, renovation level, and layout. If you can’t find a pattern
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If you’ve been wondering how Australia’s regional property markets are tracking, CoreLogic’s latest Regional Market Update is worth a look. Covering the 50 largest Significant Urban Areas (SUAs) across the country, this report gives you a clear snapshot of where each market stands — all in one place. With many analysts tipping stronger growth in
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Here is a breakdown of the latest government infrastructure master plans for each of the specified regions in Australia, based on publicly available information as of June 2025: 🏙️ Sydney & New South Wales (NSW) Key Plans:Greater Sydney Services and Infrastructure Plan (2018): Outlines the development of public transport, roads, and freight networks to
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The NSW Government has just released 5-year housing completion targets to help address the chronic shortage of housing we are facing. The goal is to build 377,000 new homes by increasing density in existing suburbs. The governments plan is to do so by incentivising local councils or LGA’s in four ways: Rezoning
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An interesting phenomenon within our capital city markets is for property prices to increase every January. I call this reoccuring price pump the January effect and it can be explained by a combination of buyer and seller psychology, and the relatively lower supply. Buyer Psychology Revitalises Demand The start of the year
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It’s the 2nd week of November which means there’s really only four weeks left in the property selling season as many buyers and sellers check out for the Christmas season and prioritise socialising over property. With such a short window left, and not as many active participants a common practise for sales agents
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Is it better to buy at Auction or make an offer prior? The answer is- it depends. The motivations of the sales agent and vendor, and where you are in your buying journey all have a part to play. As does your confidence around what the property is worth. Quite a
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Over the past few years I’ve observed that my clients are increasingly getting a much bigger leg up from the ‘bank of mum and dad’. Not just first home buyers but older families upsizing into bigger homes too. Bob Guth from Bradfield Badger Fox has summarises the state of play as follows. “Baby
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Part of the value in hiring me is to see properties you won’t find online. However dealing with off-market properties requires a different approach. They’re often unrenovated and poorly presented because they haven’t been prepared for sale. Access can be difficult. Buyers have to be prepared to inspect at inconvenient times and
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