BY Mal James 10th May 2020
This may have been the last of my regular, really long, walks for a while.
It’s 6.00 pm Saturday and what a change in outlook this week from last week.
We have moved from pause Pre-Easter, to part-time Post-Easter, to full-time from next week.
The phones are ringing again, meetings and walk through of homes are happening and [...]
BY Mal James 21st March 2020
The Very Strong
4 bidders – Volcano – $4,322,500 – 23 Duke Street, Kew – Walter Dodich
This was a home we were intimately involved in the sale management of from start to finish and it was brilliantly sold by Walter Dodich. He priced it well, marketed it well and auctioned it well.
Whilst it got slightly more [...]
BY Mal James 21st April 2018
At James Buyer Advocates we are looking to help younger homebuyers where we can.
We now believe in a PAUSE in rapid population growth through immigration (family reunions excepted) from 2020 to 2025/2030?
Why? We would like to see our community have a discussion and consider infrastructure solutions to better house our young people, who already live here.
When our community thinks it’s right to [...]
BY Mal James 7th April 2018
Looking to sell Off-market?
Most people know Mal and Gina at James Buyer Advocates because of the public homes they’ve bought, like
But you never see the many, many private homes they buy quietly and confidentially Off-market.
Lyall St Hawthorn, Black St Brighton, The Ridge Canterbury, Hodgson St Kew, Stanhope St Malvern x 2, Favril St Hampton, Grace [...]
BY Mal James 22nd April 2017
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 [...]
BY Mal James 25th March 2017
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 [...]
BY Mal James 18th February 2017
The James Money Bin Competition
This year we are looking at trying to help the younger members of the community, make good decisions about buying homes and we want to hear what they have to say.
you own property, own the home
We have five opportunities to give away $1,000 through out the next few months.
The aim of the [...]
BY Mal James 28th January 2017
Clockwise visits today – no substitute for foot leather, listening, looking and listening again.
1st Slide
Clockwise from top left: Malvern East:$2.5m? – little cutie – no, not the agent John Manton – the house. Good crowds at the OFI.
Hawthorn: $4m? Off -Market or Pre-Market? – good family home. Crowds – Only one!
Armadale: $4m? Nice one – listening [...]
BY Mal James 23rd December 2016
INTRODUCTION
If I told you buying a home at the Top End is more about trust than money, would you believe me?
Maybe, maybe not.
Well this is a story about 3 homes involving strategy, dealmaking and truths at the Top of the Top End.
Towers Road, Toorak (Marcus Chiminello)
Bought 2016: James Home Rating 942/1000
Kooyongkoot Road, Hawthorn (Ross Savas / Jeremy [...]
BY Mal James 22nd October 2016
Welcome to our 3 Part Series on Negotiation
Part 1 – Negotiation Noise
Part 2 – What’s Really Important in a Negotiation
Part 3 – How to Negotiate Well
Hey you, what would you know about negotiation?
You’re reading this article because you’re desperate to pick up a free morsel from me; the master, who has already beaten over a [...]
BY Mal James 19th August 2016
At 6pm the James $M+ Auction Clearance Rate was 83% on the 29 auctions we reported and bid on today.
James Bidderman continues to be very strong at 2.8 bidders per auction. The homes today seemed to be either bought before or under the hammer with volcanic bidding (4+ bidders).
In fact just on 50% of the auctions we reported [...]
BY Mal James 5th March 2016
2016’s Opening Market is …..drum roll … Pumping…….Strong …….Rocking. There’s no doubt and no other way to really describe it. We’ve had three big auction weekends in a row, with today a virtual Super Saturday and the market has spoken.
2016 has started with a real bang. The only difference between 2016 and 2015 is the [...]
BY Mal James 27th February 2016
It’s week 2 of our 3 week (Feb 20 +27 and Mar 5) 100 auction reporting marathon.
Today was down on last week’s unbridled enthusiasm.
However we did see a market that continued to show its depth and strength on the right homes. Just like late last year, today also had a clear dichotomy of interest between the A graders v [...]
BY Mal James 21st November 2015
Special Edition – James International Demand Report for Inner Melbourne $M+ housing
Today we have ditched our across Melbourne auction coverage and focused on assessing the change (if any) to International Demand within the Melbourne Property Market.
James Bidderman, Bayside, Stonnington and clearance rates have been sidelined, so as we could focus almost all our resources on assessing [...]
BY Mal James 14th November 2015
The market is not as bullish, as urgent, or as downright insane as it was from February to May, even June of this year.
Is this really a true statement?
In many cases we are 20% above the start of the year. Is the market’s outward intensity less about dollars and bidding and more about that, we [...]
