BY Mal James 23rd November 2019
Welcome to our final Marketnews in 2019. We have really enjoyed the year, hope you have. This is our Bumper Summer Edition.
Big Stat: Today only 1 in 10 auctions were tearaways!
ARMADALE, 17 Seymour Avenue. John Manton (Marshall White) Under the Hammer $3,570,000, 6 Bidders
GLEN IRIS, 3 Malvern Avenue. Daniel Wheeler (Marshall White) Under the Hammer [...]
BY Mal James 13th October 2018
This is the first of two articles about what is really happening in our markets.
We live in exciting times in the business, in the emotion of and in the life of Melbourne Top End real estate.
Is it a dawn or is it a midnight?
Who knows but it is one of the more interesting times we have seen, [...]
BY Mal James 1st September 2018
The market has changed and so have we at James Advocates.
When 67% of homes are not selling at an auction.
When you spend $30,000 on advertising for a failed auction and all that’s achieved is
you’ve told everybody what your home is not worth.
When the market has changed but your selling agent hasn’t, isn’t it time to [...]
BY Mal James 28th April 2018
A-Graders are still selling! However, this was the only home we saw sell under the hammer today. There were 3 bidders at 2 Irymple Avenue, Glen Iris which sold for $2,750,000, John Morrisby.
Contents:
1. Under the Hammer
2. Is Now a Good Time?
3. Dr. Good Strategy
4. Around the Grounds – Auction Reports
5. Market Fresh – one-liners on 25 Top [...]
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 17th December 2016
Beautiful Decisions – Buy/Sell
Welcome to our final series for the year – over the next three weeks we will try to highlight just how much is added to your life with beautiful decisions.
This final 2016 series is about getting the most out of buying and selling a home via a beautiful decision.
We are splitting the series [...]
BY Mal James 12th November 2016
Its 6.00pm Saturday and the James Clearance rate for $M+ Inner Melbourne is 88% on the 26 Auctions we covered today.
James Bidderman, that is, bidders per auction, is 2.8.
Super Strong.
Big numbers of bought befores and look at the Volcanoes 48%. That means every second auction had 4 or more bidders and how about this; there were 15 bidders [...]
BY Mal James 4th January 2015
In 2020 we at Marshall White are matching $ for $ your donation to reduce Melbourne Homelessness.
Quick Facts
Melbourne census figures continue to show increases in our Melbourne Homeless population. Now over 25,000
40% are caused by lack of housing and 40% are our young under 25
From on the streets, to boarding houses to couch surfing it’s [...]
BY Mal James 25th August 2012
At 6pm on Saturday, the James $M+ Clearance Rate was 55% across the 31 auctions we attended. The Weekly Review Bidderman was 1.6 bidders per auction.
BY James Home Ratings 29th September 2010
In our last article we talked about the possible tax benefits when investing in property through a self managed super fund (SMSF). While taxation is undoubtedly an issue, and holding your investments within the most appropriate tax environments is vital to ensuring you maintain your wealth, today’s article will focus on one of the most [...]
BY James Home Ratings 13th September 2010
Australia’s love affair with real estate as an investment has paid enormous dividends for investors over the decades. Real estate investment has helped many investors not only protect their wealth but also grow their wealth through much of the Global Financial Crisis.
With Australia’s appetite for real estate investment remaining strong and many real estate experts [...]
