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Who engages a buyer’s agent?
People sometimes ask themselves, should they use a buyers agent to buy ther first or next property, or should they be able to do it themselves? Well, they probably have expertise in another field, so why think they have to be good at a completely seperate area....
High-priced suburbs offer best discounts
As reported by The Age, a cluster of well-heeled suburbs on Melbourne’s bayside have recorded the steepest house price falls in the city over the past three months, and experts say a sluggish market and high interest rates are to blame. CoreLogic data shows Albert...
WOW, real estate agents praising a buyer agent!
We have just settled the transfer of 13 Ripley Court Ringwood to our clients after buying it at an active auction. The BARRY PLANT WEBSITE gave it feature writeup: “Aggressive bidding by a buyer's advocate has won the keys to a Ringwood home for a mother and...
FOR SALE: 3 BR Beauty on Barclay
Barry Plant are marketing, in conjunction with Strategic Buyers Advocates, this freshly painted home suitable for first home buyers, downsizers or family, in Croydon. With a small backyard, and at an affordable quote range of $680K-$740K, it will appeal to quite a...
40,000 reasons to engage a buyer’s agent
In an example of how an experienced buyer’s agent can save you money, we negotiated a $15,000 discount on this renovated home in Wattle Glen (near Diamond Creek) NE Melbourne, beating one other buyer, purchasing a t price below the client’s budget. However, that was...
Ripper buy on Ripon Street
Sometimes you just have to “wait to win”. This extended California Bungalow 3 BR/3 BATH home, in excellent condition on a big block, in Ballarat, was marketed by the first agency at a price too high for the market. It then became what we call in the industry a “a...