Author; David

The term ‘off market’ is bandied around a lot.  I define an ‘off market’ as simply a property for sale that has not yet been advertised on the major portals (REA, Domain, etc).  If executed well, an off market sale can result in an efficient, expedient and transparent transaction with minimal cost and risk to […]

There seems to be a disconnect between the current perception and the current reality of the real estate market.  Our perception is greatly influenced by the media and our own expectations or predications of what the future may hold.  And given the uncertainty and chaos of the modern world, and strong bias towards negativity and […]

Happy Easter! Team Fetter/Sciola is back to it after a short but very pleasant break.  We are most excited to have a full schedule of auction campaigns for May, with five terrific homes hitting the market this week.  Q1 of 2023 is now done and dusted, and it felt like a much more positive and […]

I cringe every time I hear an auctioneer utter the words, ‘location, location, location.’  If location was really the biggest driving factor determining interest in a property, then 90 percent of homes wouldn’t sell.  Houses sell in Brighton, The Bronx and Beirut.  Houses sell next to freeways, high tension power lines and hospitals.  You can […]

It’s not really our style to blow our own trumpets here at Team Fetter/Sciola… Carla has tossed out most of her ‘Agent of the Year’ trophies that were cluttering up her desk.  BUT, it is nice to receive some recognition once in a while.  Realestate.com.au just released the AREA finalists for residential agent of the year 2022 and […]

Hopefully you enjoyed a quiet and sunny long weekend as Melbourne gently kisses summer farewell and we shove the beach towels in the back of the cupboard and pull out the footy scarves for round one. There was no auction activity to report over the long weekend, but we are now looking forward to three […]

They say the darkest hour of night is just before dawn.  After 10 consecutive interest rate hikes in 10 months, are we finally seeing some daylight, at least when it comes to certainty around borrowing costs? Should we just round it off to four percent and call it a day?  Historically, a four percent cash […]

Each week in February saw an increase in new listings and auction results, with Saturday being the biggest test of the 2023 market so far. So far, so good. Clearance remains very resilient. Buoyant even.  A snapshot from Saturday:  Jellis Craig reported 79 percent clearance from 107 auctions.  The REIV reported 75 percent clearance from 780 […]

Late February is always the first litmus test of the new year market. Saturday was our first proper auction weekend of 2023, with 83 homes going under hammer across the Jellis Craig network.  I was surprised, pleasantly, when the results emailed popped up in my inbox on Saturday afternoon.  Our clearance rate was a very […]

We are fortunate to work in such an affluent, established, and sophisticated real estate market as Stonnington. Our clients are well educated, savvy, have excellent market knowledge, and most have experience buying and selling. Likewise, the calibre of real estate agents in Stonnington is amongst the highest in Australia, if not the world. The stakes […]