The median house price is the most quoted number in Australian property reporting. It is also one of the most misunderstood.Monthly median price data is published by multiple providers across every suburb, city, and growth corridor in Australia. What starts as a statistical output from a data provider ends up shaping the financial decisions… Read More

Sellers routinely spend money before listing their property. Not all of that spending is reflected in the final sale price. Some expenditure has no realistic path to returning value at all.The mismatch between seller spending and buyer response is one of the most predictable sources of frustration in the selling process. Knowing which activ… Read More

When most people ask what their home is worth they are expecting a definitive figure. What an appraisal actually delivers is a range built on comparable sales, adjusted for conditions, and shaped by the experience of whoever is doing the assessment.Most people treat the question of property value as though it has a clean, retrievable answer… 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.Affordability in residential property is routinely confused with purchase price. A low purchase price feels affordable. But the tota… Read More

Interstate buyers and sellers arriving in Adelaide from Sydney or Melbourne tend to repeat a consistent error. What they know about property from Sydney or Melbourne is real knowledge - it simply does not apply in the same way here.The Adelaide property market is not a smaller version of Sydney or Melbourne - it has its own structure and it… Read More