Down to Earth Real Estate

September is the first month since February 2011 that the sales volumes have dropped below last year’s figures for the same period.    There were 45 sales in total compared to 51 sales in September last year, 69 the year before and 30 sales in 2008.  The highest number of sales within the last 5 years [...]

Gills Road in Albany is about to house a three stage multi-unit development designed around a village type setting.  As you drive up Gills Rd from the Albany Village, drive past the old Centrepoint and you will find the proposed village on your right hand side.  It is hoped that this area in the future [...]

There were 28 residential settled sales with an average price of $601,115 in the month of August 2010.  This covers the Albany and Albany Heights areas. The number of sales made within each price bracket for August 2010 are listed below: Up to $499,000            4 $500,000-$599,000      2 $600,000-$699,000 [...]

We are always being fed sales statistics from within the media.  It was interesting to read this week’s blog by Alistair Thompson from realestate.co.nz.  His comments were made after the following statement from QV research director Jonno Ingerson came through the media,  “the number of house sales in recent months has dropped around one third from [...]

We have an auction this Thursday with lots of interest in the property. It’s a single level 4 bedroom home in Bushlands Park Albany. The home has been staged and looks fantastic. Will be interesting to see what happens as you never know until the day as to what is going to happen. I am working with [...]

It is with great pleasure that I now promote this website to you all. www.downtoearthre.co.nz has been designed to make it easy for you to source a range of useful information if you are considering buying, selling or making changes to your home.  As we go forward into an era where New Zealanders catch up with many [...]

So what is happening in the real estate industry?  What is going to happen in 2010?   I think it is really important to look at the facts if you are wanting to understand what is really  happening .  If you ask a salesperson, they will 9 times out of 10 tell you the market is really [...]

By the time you read or listen to media reports on what is happening in the real estate marketplace, it is normally old news!  We are certainly seeing that at the moment. We have experienced a flurry of activity with lots of buyers and not so many properties for sale. There now seem to be a few [...]

Before you enter into an agreement to sell your property, under the new Real Estate Agents Act, we are required to provide you with a lot more information. Firstly there is the booklet produced by the Real Estate Agentts Authority informing you of your rights and our obligations. Secondly, we have a much longer listing [...]