Buying Real Estate Sydney

  By Buyers Domain Principal Buyer’s Agent, Nick Viner Sydney is Australia’s largest and most expensive real estate market, followed closely by Melbourne, then Brisbane. Its home median value as of June 2018 is $870,554 – that figure reflects the last 12 months’ decline of 4.5 per cent, the most

  By Buyers Domain Principal Buyer’s Agent, Nick Viner Well, what a difference three months has made! In April, I reported that the industry analysts were suggesting that the market was beginning to bottom out, after seven months of cooling prices. Now that Sydney property prices have taken their biggest

By Buyers Domain Principal Buyer’s Agent, Nick Viner It has certainly been an interesting first three months of 2018 when it comes to Sydney’s property market. We’ve seen a definite shift in gears on last year reflected in an increase in available housing stock, less competition and more reasonable asking

By Buyers Domain Principal Buyer’s Agent, Nick Viner For those first home buyers or young families hoping for some assistance entering the housing market, the 2018 Federal Budget was a letdown. You may recall that last year, addressing housing affordability was a major budget focus. Measures included the First Home

By Buyers Domain Principal Buyer’s Agent, Nick Viner With age comes change and there is no bigger change than deciding to sell the family home and move to a smaller, more manageable property. For many downsizers, the process can be emotional and even confusing, especially for those who haven’t been

  By Buyers Domain Principal Buyer’s Agent, Nick Viner Last year’s Federal Budget introduced amendments that now limit the amount of depreciation investors can claim for existing residential property. Commercial property, on the other hand, remains unaffected by these changes. In addition, there are many other benefits of buying a

Welcome to 2018 – an exciting year lies ahead with the slowing market presenting many opportunities for both owner-occupiers and investors alike. Buyers Domain has hit the year running inspecting quite a few properties last Saturday across the Inner West, Eastern Suburbs and North Shore. Most of these open houses were

Since our July market spotlight, Sydney property prices have continued to stall and the market has flattened out. Many are tipping even better buying conditions in 2018. Yet some experts say you could be very disappointed if you leave your purchase decision until next year. I’m inclined to agree.  

With Sydney property prices now more expensive than ever, how realistic is the possibility of bagging a bargain? Last week the Sydney Morning Herald reported that as of the end of June 2016, 613 postcodes across Australia held a median house price of $1 million or more. NSW accounted for