Sometimes (if the seller has had a strong relationship with a particular agent), they may only interview one agent…and sometimes they’ll interview anywhere from two to ten agents. Only a few months ago, I was invited in to speak with some owners that had interviewed nine agents before we arrived and as you’d expect, they […]

After the tragic fire that engulfed the ‘Grenfell Tower’ in London back in June 2017 (and killed 72 people), the spotlight has now been cast upon on composite products that are considered flammable and have been used in the construction of any dwelling that’s higher than a single storey. There’s plenty of solid evidence to […]

More than ever before, we’re being asked many times per day “What’s the market doing?” The public interest around the ‘market’ has never been stronger and when most news mediums are running stories about ‘the market’ every couple of days, you know that it’s a topic that’s on the minds of many people. I’ve seen […]

This certainly invoked a huge response from you – our valued subscribers! I’m still struggling to answer them all individually, but it seems that this article did strike a chord with many of you! It only solidifies my theory that this is an issue that we’ll hear more about in the coming years. I did […]

An investigation into the operation of ‘Body Corporates’ and a major crackdown on their policies and procedures  I must admit to feeling that this topic is a sleeping giant waiting for the right person to cast a spotlight on how some of them operate. There are often two types of Body Corporate organisations involved in […]

….well…9 predictions about the market and 1 prediction about the Eels winning the 2019 NRL premiership which most would have to agree, is simply a foregone conclusion. 😊 One of the other predictions I’ve made this year is that there’s a trend of real estate agencies abandoning the franchise model and moving towards a completely […]

Amongst the long list of 76 key recommendations, here are the ‘highlights’… Key points: Bankers are not named and shamed, but Kenneth Hayne lays out the potential for more than 20 prosecutions involving the major banks, at the discretion of the regulators, some of which could be criminal, some civil, and some both. Of the 24 […]

Last week I shared my thoughts about how this cycle of the market will leave many agents considering other career options. There is another big factor in my reasons for believing that the number of agents will hit a significant decline (my prediction was a culling of around 15-20% of agents in Queensland within the […]

I’ve had a few people ask me why I believe that this to be the case. I’ve had a few cheeky e-mails suggesting that the world may be better off with fewer real estate agents in it and I’ll make no comment about that statement. 😊 According to the last Census, there were 16,573 real […]

Research shows that one of the most common traits of a real estate agent that people are wanting when they engage an agent is complete honesty. I don’t need to tell you that real estate agents have a reputation of blatantly lying and in my time as an agent, there’s no doubt that I’ve seen […]

Two weeks ago in my blog, I offered my ‘Top 10 Predictions for 2019’.  I’ve had a few comments that my predictions may be a little brazen but I’m happy to be held accountable for what I’ve written as 2018 comes to a close.  Clearly, the only certainly here is that the Eels will take […]

For us at ‘Innov8 Property’ and ‘The Michael Spillane Team’, we’ve had a huge year (in fact, our biggest year ever in terms of our results). It’s no secret that the addition of Tina Chun to our team has made a huge difference and any of our clients that have dealt with her would understand […]

Whether it be tradespeople to complete renovations, staging companies to help with furniture hire or more directly related businesses such as finance brokers, Conveyancing companies or building and pest inspectors, there’s often an artillery of contacts that can be utilised. So how does an agent acquire such a large list? For me, 17 years in […]

My message – now is a great time to consider selling. There’s no question that enquiry levels are dropping (which is not a seasonal occurrence as this time of the year is generally quite busy with lots of inquiries). Right across the board, open home numbers are starting to drop as well but the good […]

It seems like such a long time ago (and I guess it was), but when I was first started in real estate sales, you could obtain a ‘No Doc’ loan whereby you simply showed 100 points of I.D. and signed a Statutory Declaration to state that you could afford the repayments and with a clean […]

Based on the recommendations handed down, we have already seen a number of changes that have a significant impact. Firstly, the banks are scrutinising every single application with great due diligence and as a result, finance is taking an increasingly longer period of time to be approved. Where many of our clients used to obtain […]

You can almost have your head in the sand and still be bombarded with articles in newspapers, websites and TV news bulletins…and like many things in the media, there’s never a shortage of sensationalism and opinion. One thing that I think is always something to remember if you’re looking at buying and selling is that […]

It’s certainly a conversation topic amongst buyers and sellers every time the auctions are conducted and from the turnout at the open homes in Melbourne and from the number of viewers that watch the show religiously, it certainly doesn’t seem to be losing its’ appeal. So how did the results fare so well for the […]

I can promise you that it would make my life a lot easier if it did! 😊 There’s a misconception that an agent knows precisely how much a home will sell for…and this can be a long way from the truth. Just recently, I listed a home for sale and after the first two weeks, […]

Certainly, it should come as no surprise that the Sydney and Melbourne markets are now in decline and there’s been plenty of media attention focussed on how far these markets will fall…some economists say as much as 40% whilst others are suggesting falls of somewhere between 10 and 20%. As I discussed in my blog […]