Dan Sofo

  It can be a tricky working out what a property is worth because there are many different variables to consider.   But there is one metric property professionals reference most of the time – size.   A property’s size is expressed in square metres (sqm) and can refer to land size (houses) or area […]

1. Australian House Price Growth**   Since 1980 the time between property market peaks (market cycles) is four years, not seven years as many believe.     2. Australia House Price Values**   Property prices double every thirteen years, not seven as many believe. That equates to an average capital growth rate of around 5.4%

If you’re looking to buy property you probably already know how important it is to arrange a building and pest report, or a strata report if it’s an apartment.   Only problem is those reports can be a nightmare to understand- full of technical jargon and disclaimers, and with hundreds of pages of supporting documentation.

  A challenge many Sydney property buyers face is having access to everything that’s potentially available to buy- thats both on and off-market properties.   My Buyer Pyramid may help explain why you’re missing out on some great opportunities.   Green zone buyers are at the top of the pyramid and include: buyers that also

  You may have heard the experts predicting that the next growth sector in property will be attached dwellings- apartments and townhouses.   Several drivers are affecting supply and demand for a number of different types of attached dwellings.   A drop in freestanding home building approvals combined with steep rises in building materials and

A short and sweet post today – one table and a few bullet points.   Here are The Australian property markets rises and falls from 2005 to present.     Of the past seventeen years thirteen years have been warm or hot markets and four have been cool markets. The longest up market was six

There Are Three Types of People: Those Who Make Things Happen, Those Who Watch Things Happen, and Those Who Wonder What Happened. Nicholas Murray Butler   Buying a home or investment property is a life-changing act.   It’s an act of defiance against a tide of negative news and a statement that you envisage a

  Well folks here we are the last week before Christmas and hasn’t this year flown.   If you hadn’t already guessed it I absolutely love Sydney,   I feel lucky to live in one of the very best cities on the planet and I never get tired of telling everyone just how good it

  “The great Aussie property boom is over. All of those gains were due to decreasing interest rates and easy lending. Now that higher rates are here for the foreseeable future theres no way the next three decades will look like the last three. ”   Chances are you’ve heard this line of reasoning. If