Interstate buyers researching Adelaide for the first time rarely arrive without assumptions. The assumptions come from whichever market they know best - the Sydney investor cycles and clearance rate swings, the Melbourne inner suburb premium and density dynamic. Those assumptions are applied to Adelaide and produce a picture that is partially accur… Read More

First home buyers and entry-level investors are the heaviest users of suburb median data. They are also the buyers most likely to be researching the suburbs where that data is least statistically reliable. The irony is not accidental - it follows directly from how affordable markets work.A median figure for an outer affordable suburb sits a… Read More

Adelaide house prices are reported, compared, and debated as though the median were a precise instrument. It is not. The median measures what sold - not what properties are worth. Those two things only align when the mix of properties selling stays consistent, and in most suburbs it does not stay consistent for long.It rarely does.… Read More

Most vendors spend more energy negotiating the the agent commission than they spend evaluating whether the agent can actually negotiate on their behalf.That instinct is understandable. Commission is the most visible cost of selling a house. Because it is expressed as a percentage of an unknown sale price, it often becomes the number vendors… Read More

Most vendors spend more energy negotiating the the agent commission than they spend evaluating whether the agent can actually negotiate on their behalf.That instinct is understandable. Commission is the most visible cost of selling a house. Because it is expressed as a percentage of an unknown sale price, it often becomes the number vendors… Read More