The Wakelin Blog

Know your Neighbourhood Residential Zone from your Residential Growth Zone   A look at recent changes in Victorian planning zones and some tips for owners and developers on how to navigate the system. Paul Nugent from Wakelin Property Advisory interviews Daniel Bowden from Song Bowden Planning...

This is one Hungry Property Market Richard Wakelin’s observations on the current market. “The Hungry Caterpillar saved its biggest meal for Saturday. But the children’s favourite could learn a thing or two from Melbourne property buyers. “This is one hungry property market. Faced with a mammoth meal of around 1700 auctions, buyers tucked into the supply, delivering an impressive 72% auction clearance rate...

How to negotiate with a developer How well do you know your neighbours? Are they over regularly for a glass of wine and a gossip, your kids cheerfully playing with theirs? Is it just a polite nod ...

Is high-rise a good investment? Avoid off the plan? Have Australians fallen in love with high-rise apartments, our resistance to vertical living finally overcome? The major property developers se ...

Peruse a few buyer agents’ sites and you’ll repeatedly see references to ‘off-market’ or ‘silent market’ properties. The allure of exclusive access to a sunlit worl ...