G’day and welcome back to James Market News. Hope you all had a break from the Melbourne winter!
My break was with my youngest daughter, Maddie, in the Top End at Fitzroy Crossing, Kakadu and Kooljaman, Cape Leveque. Aboriginal people know a lot more about land and its value than many of us “new migrants”.
Hard to believe it’s been [...]
This week in James Market News: (click on contents)
1. Market Commentary
2. May 3-Week Auction Challenge – Results are in…
3. Bayside and Inner East Auction Action
4. 2017 James Half Year Summary
5. Land Prices – 2010 – 2017
6. Negotiation Corner – Narrowed Focus
7. Inside James – and Off Markets
8. Younger Homebuyers – [...]
This week in James Market News:
Continuation of the James 3-Week 100 Auction Challenge
Inside James
Auction Action
Call for Good Quoting Nominations of Agents
At 6.00pm Saturday, the overall Inner Melbourne $M+ market results were a Family Home Clearance Rate of 88% on the 33 Inner Melbourne $M+ auctions we covered, combined with a James Bidderman (bidders per auction) @ 2.2 [...]
Happy Mothers Day to all our Mums – the real home decision makers.
This week in James Market News:
Market Commentary – Three-week Challenge of 100 reported auctions
Auction Action – 33 auction results
Inside James – buy-then-sell service and Mal’s auction observations
At 6.00pm Saturday, the overall Inner Melbourne market results were solid, if you just look at the Clearance [...]
WOW, what a week in Inner Melbourne!
Last Friday we had one active negotiation and by yesterday, we had eight.
This is contrary to the talk of a tanking market so in our opinion piece this week, we examine closely the “evidence” used by The Australian to support their ‘Housing prices to drop 7%’ headline. You be [...]
It was a quiet-ish day today on market – off market is a different story – the auction biggies for May starting in numbers the week after next.
At that time we will be focusing on James Bidderman (for any movement in demand) and any drop off from overseas buyers.
Has all the talk of late begun to bite?
This [...]
In James Market News today:
Under Quoting – Only 8 more sleeps to go
Todays auction action
Off Markets
Chris Richardson from Access Economics – Opinion
Big Changes Part 2 – zoning and $700,000 difference on one block
With the Easter break, very few auctions today, most of the activity is off market.
We expect it be the same again next week, before we burst [...]
Welcome to Part 1, of the James Big 3 Reports on the changes in the $2M+ inner Melbourne market. In Part 1, we discuss the first change, under quoting.
Parts 2 and 3 will be published in the coming weeks.
On May 1st 2017, we will hopefully be entering a new era; one that will make our [...]
The Inner Melbourne $2m+ Market is CHANGING.
“3 Big Melbourne Property Market Changes are/could be
happening in the next month.”
Mal James – James Buyer Advocates
At James Buyer Advocates we are preparing a special James Big 3 Report on changes and possible changes hitting the Melbourne Property Market in the next month.
What do they mean to you, the buyer?
To get [...]
It’s 6.00pm Saturday and the James Clearance rate for $M+ Inner Melbourne was 78% on the 23 Auctions we covered this weekend.
Bidderman was back hovering where it has been for several years now – at 2.7 bidders per auction and on big auction numbers – meaning whilst 151 bidders bought, there were still another 313 bidders [...]
It’s 6.00pm Saturday and the James Clearance rate for $M+ Inner Melbourne is still a very strong 83% on the 29 Auctions we covered today.
However James Bidderman, that is bidders per auction, was only 2.1.
What does this mean?
Well it may just be a statistical anomaly – we had a lot of bought befores and we record [...]
Ferocious bidding on the right homes – despite this being the largest auction start to a year in Melbourne auction history – the market lapped it up, spat out a few and said ”feed me, feed me, give me more.”
At 6.00 pm the James Clearance Rate on Inner Melbourne Homes was close enough to 90% – yep [...]
Its 6.00 pm and the James Market News dials are back working this weekend, albeit on limited numbers.
Bidderman was at 3 today (low sample), however we actually think that is reflective of the start we have seen on good homes.
The James Clearance Rate was strong in the 80’s, even on the small sample of a [...]
JAMES AUCTION REPORT: 29 Rubens Grove, Canterbury – one of the very rare Top End auctions today.
A big crowd of over 130 people gathered on both sides of this street today.
Presiding was our Auctioneer Doug McLaughlin. His preamble described a 1920’s home on 1066 sqm in a family friendly street which has already seen most [...]
We were out and about again today – this time with Gina.
It took time to find parking at all Open for Inspections as there were plenty of buyers window shopping – yes, all February auctions are online, but also most schools have started back this week too. The next 2 weeks should see March listings hit [...]
