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 […]

  CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index (HVI) marked a sixth consecutive monthly rise, up 0.8% in August.   Sydney is leading the recovery trend with a gain of 8.8% since values found a floor in January this year.   Sydney house prices are up 1.1% for the month of August alone.   House prices are

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

  The Silicon Valley Bank collapse and the UBS takeover of Credit Suisse have just influenced the US Federal Reserve Bank to apply a smaller than anticipated .25% rate increase this week, accompanied by a statement that they ‘may be at the top of the tightening cycle’.   Sydney house values rose in Feb +0.1%

As a buyers agent I have the privilege of experiencing property market action at the ‘coal face’.   Every day I speak with sellers and buyers across Sydney for apartments, terraces, houses.   A common approach many are taking since interest rates increased and property prices softened has been to ‘wait and see’ what happens.

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