Gary Peer Real Estate Report

Many of us could spend hours (possibly weeks) pouring over pictures of hip homes in interiors magazines, and dreaming … If you’ve ever pondered the secrets of these pads’ photogenic success and wanted to emulate them, here are a couple of general tips: Story time: Most photoshoots capture pictorial vignettes – the sofa, the casually [...]

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DEVELOPERS and real-estate agents are divided on whether foreign investors are responsible for driving up house prices. But the two groups agree on one thing: the strong dollar has scared them away.”A $1 million property is now … around 20-25 per cent dearer in round figures than it was a year ago in Singapore dollars, [...]

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HOME buyers were spoilt for choice at the weekend but clearance rates held steady despite the bumper crop of auctions. The number of homes scheduled to go under the hammer ramped up to more than 1000, making it the city’s biggest weekend for residential property in more than two years.A total of 594 properties sold [...]

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AUTHORITIES in Victoria aim to avoid house-hunters having their hopes for their dream home dashed because of lower-end price quotes in property ads. Real estate agents in the state will be banned from using “price-plus” advertisements, to stamp out under-quoting.The use of terms such as “$500,000-plus” will be outlawed and agents will instead have to [...]

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HOME buyers were spoilt for choice at the weekend but clearance rates held steady despite the bumper crop of auctions. The number of homes scheduled to go under the hammer ramped up to more than 1000, making it the city’s biggest weekend for residential property in more than two years.A total of 594 properties sold [...]

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