Pre-sale spending is a near-universal part of the selling process. The relationship between pre-sale spending and sale price is not always the one sellers expect. Some of it never had a chance of returning anything at all.The mismatch between seller spending and buyer response is one of the most pre

In Australian property reporting, the median house price is the figure that appears more than any other. What it actually measures is far less well understood than how often it is quoted.Every month, data providers publish median house prices for suburbs, cities, and corridors across the country. Th

Pre-sale spending is a near-universal part of the selling process. The relationship between pre-sale spending and sale price is not always the one sellers expect. Certain categories of pre-sale spending produce no return regardless of how much is committed to them.The gap between what sellers spend

When most people ask what their home is worth they are expecting a definitive figure. The reality is a range informed by market data, interpreted through judgement, and subject to variation depending on who conducts the assessment.The question of what a house is worth sounds simple. The process behi

Why Local Market Conditions Are Not Uniform Across SuburbsMarket conditions are the context inside which a property appraisal happens. Understanding that context is part of understanding what the number means.Market conditions are not a single variable. They are a composite reading of several factor