Sellers routinely spend money before listing their property. A significant portion of what sellers spend before listing does not return at settlement. Certain categories of pre-sale spending produce no return regardless of how much is committed to them.The mismatch between seller spending an

A fifteen-minute drive can separate two suburbs by two hundred thousand dollars in median house price. Knowing what creates the gap matters more than knowing the size of it.Comparing suburb medians is one of the most routine activities in property research. What those comparisons reveal is r

Property investors moving into the Adelaide market regularly carry assumptions that were formed watching a different market behave. The cost of those assumptions is not always immediately apparent - it tends to surface when the investor tries to sell or refinance and finds the outcome different from

The median house price is the most quoted number in Australian property reporting. It is repeated constantly and understood correctly far less often than it is used.Every month, data providers publish median house prices for suburbs, cities, and corridors across the country. The figures move

When most people ask what their home is worth they are expecting a definitive figure. The reality is a range informed by market data, interpreted through judgement, and subject to variation depending on who conducts the assessment.Most people treat the question of property value as though it