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Next is Woodridge? ;) In Canterbury, higher density does seem to be contributing to gentrification. The rezoning around the river area is getting rid of some of those unattractive boarded up shopfronts and replacing them with with nice looking new apartment buildings, and hopefully the higher...

Someone that ''read how to buy a house for $1'' and has an extra dollar burning a hole in their pocket.

When you renew your subscription to Australian Property Investor magazine they often give you a few months free pricefinder or similar

Population above 10,000 would be safer, multiple industries too. If you're looking at 150,000 price range I'd be looking at houses rather than units as the strata kills your yield - but you have to factor in extra insurance instead. Check out some of the posts by Nathan Birch, has been very...

When I recommend a pest & builder to buyers I recommend one that will do a full & honest report, & take time to discuss the results in details with the buyers. They still get the full details & the report looks quite negative (they always do), but the inspector can explain further & give an idea...

He's hinting the offer is acceptable to the owner, but the owner wants to run the auction anyway as they've already spend money on the campaign and hope they'll get more at auction - but if you bid up to the offer price on auction and nobody else goes higher, you'll probably get it.

Not something I would do, but I wouldn't get put off buying it because of a messy backyard- landscaping can be fixed fairly cheaply, you might get cheaper price becuase of bad backyard and improve value by fixing it. Unless its a great big tree

I've been given a business card that said 'Mr Citizen- International Human Being'. A bit unusual, and when I followed all the buyers up on Monday he had a funny voicemail message too. Unresponsive agents are the worst, I'm an investor too and when I can't get a call back for a price guide...

Not sure about growth, but if you're buying around Kenny or Sue streets make sure your insurance covers fire damage.

I wonder how many comments Sim had to delete from this thread that just said ''Me! Pick me, I'm the best agent in Chatswood! Sales awards tend to be awarded by the franchise, and are based on factors such as most commission brought in to the agency, most sales etc, not so much about how much...

For everyone complaining about underquoting, the easiest way is to just not pay too much opinion to the quoted price guide and ake up your own mind about the value by seeing a few auctions to see what similar properties are going for. Personally I don't like to give price guides as you'll have...

Looking a lot cleaner that a standard houso bedsit! How much did you pick these up for?

I'm an agent, I'm not going to rant on about how I can get s better price than when selling privately, but all I can say is that when one of my owners insists on coming to the open house with me, I prefer they don't speak to buyers, as they make all the rookie mistakes that real estate agents...

Docklands has a lot of new apartments being built at the moment, the only reason prices are so low there is that there was so much construction, much like darling harbour when it was first being developed. Once the supply of undeveloped land runs out, there'll be a boom in prices. The other...

Sometimes you can have a dual occupancy within an existing dwelling http://www.randw.com.au/1697026/

As far as the 'rent guarantee' goes, the owner may be willing to guarantee the rent for a year by covering the difference if it rents for less than the guarantee amount in order to get a higher sale price. After the guarantee ends, you don't want rent to drop, better to compare the house &...

Better luck next time. When the market is hot, all the first home buyers get put off by having to sign a contract right away, so miss out the first few times. After they have missed out on a few properties, they realise the agent is not just faling "there is another buyer/s, you need to...

A serious buyer will write their offer on a copy of the contract for the property, with a cheque for a 0.25% deposit attached. If the vendor accepts the offer, the contracts will be exchanged, and you will have a 5 day cooling off period in which you can pull out and lose the 0.25% deposit...

Here's a big apartment with a big courtyard and polished concrete floors, good for dogs, just across from Sydney Park, in St Peters for $670 per week http://www.randw.com.au/1632132/

Australia is a big place, and within 10km of city centre is relatively small place. There are enough people with money here to sustain these prices. Buying is a good idea if you can afford to, just make sure you can afford rates if they go up. As said above, if $900k is a stretch, rent something...