The cheapest property available is not always the most affordable one. That distinction sounds subtle but the financial consequences of missing it are not.Most buyers approach affordability as a question of purchase price when it is actually a question of total cost over the ownership period. A low purchase price creates a feeling of afford… Read More

Most property investors arrive in a new market carrying assumptions built somewhere else. In the Adelaide context, those assumptions produce errors that can take several years to surface.Over the past several years the Adelaide residential market has appeared on more investor radar screens than at any previous point in recent memory. Relati… Read More

The most common mistake made by buyers and sellers arriving in Adelaide from eastern capital markets is carrying assumptions built in a different market. What they know about property from Sydney or Melbourne is real knowledge - it simply does not apply in the same way here.Understanding the Adelaide market requires setting aside the easter… 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

What Gets Evaluated in a Property AppraisalAn appraisal is not a guess. It is not a wish. It is a structured assessment of what a property would likely sell for in the current market, based on evidence an agent can point to and defend.Sellers often arrive at an appraisal with a number already in mind - one shaped by what th… Read More