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Don’t be surprised if there is a knock on your door or letter in the post in coming months from a friendly developer. Contain your joy if they make you an unsolicited offer that seems generous even in today’s strong market. And definitely don’t start negotiations until you’ve sought independent advice. Be wary because you may be the target of a clandestine raid to secure your property on the cheap...
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) recently drew attention to East Melbourne when two of its National Trust recognised properties were sold at auction for several million dollars apiece. It reinforced East Melbourne’s reputation as an exclusive hamlet...
Richard Wakelin takes a look at the art of conveyancing Extroverted show men and women populate the residential property industry, or at least that’s how it’s usually comes across; be it the stereotype of auctioneer as the big tent ringmaster or the look-at-me buyer agent with a funny hat or gold medallion...
If you had the means to finance two-to-three million dollars’ worth of residential property investment, where would you put it? That sort of money opens most doors and you would have your pick of some dazzling properties, ranging from penthouse suites in luxury apartment complexes to double-fronted, exquisitely-renovated period houses on quarter acre blocks in the leafier streets of our inner suburbs...
