Finalists

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 […]

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Gaining Momentum

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 […]

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Feb Pep

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 […]

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Crystal Ball

As agents and ‘trusted advisors’, people seek our advice to help them make better decisions around buying and selling real estate. Some topics are easy to give advice on – presentation, advertising, sales method, strategy, etc. Other topics are not so easy – like timing – because this is largely outside of our control. People […]

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Big Numbers

We had 37 groups inspect 2 Oak Grove, Malvern East on Saturday – a fully renovated family home on 740sqm with a pool. Around the corner, 47 groups inspected a contemporary three-bedroom townhouse on Darling Road. Big numbers! We always see a spike in inspection numbers in the first few weeks following Australia Day. The […]

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