BY Mal James 7th August 2016
(Our three part series from Market Insight July/August 2016)
In the beginning:
So you’ve heard about a whisper, a rumour, on the quiet just for you – nobody else knows and its come straight from your new “bestest” friend. Two of the above off markets started exactly like that for us, which we took to the client [...]
BY Mal James 6th August 2016
At 6.00 pm today the Melbourne market of late Winter has made a strong statement, with a James $M+ Clearance Rate of 88% and Bidderman a whopping 3 bidders per auction on the 25 auctions, we bid at or reported on today.
The Inner market has started out of the blocks in a hurry – based in part, on [...]
BY Mal James 30th July 2016
Hello and welcome back to James Buyer Advocates Marketnews.
A few auctions of note today on very small numbers as the market awakes from its traditional Winter auction slumber. We have covered 19 in our reporting; Bidderman was 2.4 bidders per auction and the $M+ James Clearance rate was 74% – even though a small sample, we think it’s an [...]
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 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 2nd August 2015
At James Buyer Advocates we update our land guides in each Suburb precinct and often streets as new information comes in (usually weekly as we are valuing in most precincts on a weekly basis).
Each land sale or partial land sale is considered by James Buyer Advocates for:
1) Number of bidders
2) Block characteristics
3) Position
4) Additional unusual known [...]
BY Mal James 31st May 2015
Inner Melbourne Values $3M Round Up (Start of May and Some Around Easter Sales of Interest)
As we kick into May and look back on April you can see the TOP END is still very healthy – sure some are not selling and some are being withdrawn but its not only Saturday Auctions that are getting [...]
BY Mal James 18th April 2015
At 6.00 pm on Saturday, the James Clearance Rate for Melbourne’s $M+ property was 72% on the 18 auctions we covered. James Bidderman, our bidders per auction measurement was 3.1.
Market Summary – Market News Lite Version
There have been auction interruptions all April due to three of the four Saturdays being attached to holidays – two past with Easter [...]
BY Mal James 21st March 2015
At 6.00 pm on Saturday, the James Clearance Rate for Melbourne’s $M+ property was 90% on the 30 auctions we covered. James Bidderman, our bidders per auction measurement continues to be through the roof on big stock numbers at 2.9. Hello, did we write 90% on big auction numbers and Bidderman nearly 3 – is this real? [...]
BY Mal James 15th March 2015
Easter Land Guides
G’day and welcome to our special James Report on the changing of Melbourne’s land values in early 2015 (updated from a few weeks ago).
We detail below:
Melbourne’s Big Land Influences
Melbourne’s Land Values
Melbourne Land Opportunities
Melbourne’s Land Influences
Question: Which suburb in Melbourne is having the greatest influence on land values across all of Melbourne?
Is it Toorak, [...]
BY Mal James 14th March 2015
At 6.00 pm on Saturday, the James Clearance Rate for Melbourne’s $M+ property was another mind boggling 86% on the 29 auctions we covered. James Bidderman, our bidders per auction measurement was 3.0. These numbers are late 80’s or 2007 sorts of stats.
Overall Summary of Melbourne’s Million Dollar-Plus Auctions:
Ducks ($M+ auctions with no bidders) 15%
Lone Rangers ($M+ [...]
BY Mal James 14th March 2015
Melbourne’s Land Influences
Question: Which suburb in Melbourne is having the greatest influence on land values across all of Melbourne?
Is it Toorak, Brighton, Hawthorn or is it Albert Park?
These are very influential suburbs and more expensive than the suburb we think is Melbourne’s most influential land value suburb, but it is not any of these.
No, Melbourne’s [...]
BY Mal James 28th February 2015
Welcome to 2015 $3m plus buyers. Wow what a start. The Top of the Top End has begun with a Volcano Vapour Trail – there is no other way to describe it. Check out the auction results below if you think we are exaggerating.
4 bidders in Middle Park over $5m, 3 bidders at $7m in [...]
