Most property investors arrive in a new market carrying assumptions built somewhere else. Applied to Adelaide, those assumptions produce miscalculations whose consequences often do not become clear until years into the hold period.The Adelaide residential property market has attracted increasing investor attention over the past several year… Read More

The cheapest property available is not always the most affordable one. Missing the distinction between low price and genuine affordability is a mistake with consequences that unfold over years rather than days.Most buyers approach affordability as a question of purchase price when it is actually a question of total cost over the ownership p… Read More

The gap between suburb medians in the same city can reach two hundred thousand dollars or more - and the distance separating those suburbs may be negligible. Understanding why that gap exists tells a buyer or seller more about a market than any single median figure ever could.Suburb-to-suburb price comparison is a standard part of how buyer… Read More

Start With the Outside Before the Agent ArrivesA lot of sellers feel uncertain before a property appraisal. Not about whether the home is worth something - but about whether they have done the right things to prepare for it. That uncertainty is reasonable. The appraisal is consequential, the preparation guidance is often vague, and… Read More

First Impressions and the Appraisal OutcomeA lot of sellers feel uncertain before a property appraisal. Not about whether the home is worth something - but about whether they have done the right things to prepare for it. That uncertainty is reasonable. The appraisal is consequential, the preparation guidance is often vague, and the… Read More