Scott No Mates wrote:
I'll restate, the price that the owner paid has very little bearing on what they will accept – it is more important to know what everything else around it is selling for as well as the metrics for the current sale eg time on market which will have more concurrence to the current negotiation.

 I disagree. If you buy a…[Read more]

Guys, information is power. the more information you have, the more power you have. I'm currently buying an investment property and through RPdata know what the median and average price in the street is, I know what the neighbour bought for, I know they listed the property for in October this year and haven't sold since, and I know it was listed…[Read more]

I would imagine the principals of the checklist can be applied in most major cities around the country….

Eddy, Kedron's a cracking suburb! At the moment it's a dustcloud, but in 2012+ will be one of the best serviced inner-city suburbs in Brisbane's north. If you haven't already, get your head around these:+ Airport Link + Inner northern bus-way+ Draft Chermside Local Plan+ Airport Link Control Centre (cnr Stafford & Gympie Rd)There's also excellent…[Read more]

Tom, you are entirely correct in saying that there are indeed plenty of developers landbanking at the moment. But I think you're forgetting that there are a few obstacles in the way of new land lots coming onto the market, most notably:- the difficulty to source finance, slow approval processes and high infrastructure costs. The same obstacles…[Read more]

Hi Casie, I'm currently working on a the redevelopment of the CBD in Ipswich as well as having completed some subdivisions/townhouse projects in the western suburbs of brisbane/ipswich. Please feel free to add me to the email list [email protected]

Hi mate, I work in development for a publicly listed company in Brisbane. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to chat further. cheers