Top Honors for Queensland Developments

Three of Queensland’s recent developments have been voted Australia’s best at a recent awards ceremony held by the Property Council of Australia. The Developments were recognized for their innovative design ...

Australia ‘ahead of its time’ in global recovery

Australia’s property market is recovering with vigour thanks to the strengthening employment sector, according to CB Richard Ellis. The company’s executive director of research for the Pacific Region, Kevin Stanley, ...

Tenancy Disputes – How do I handle this?

Communication breakdowns can often be the cause of tenancy disputes and misunderstandings throughout a lease period, and maintaining a good relationship with your tenants and landlords alike will ensure that ...

I love Paddington!

I celebrated 14 years in brisbane last week, or more specifically in Paddington.  I moved from Tasmania (chasing the sunshine) in my late teens and luckily stumbled into Paddo’s arms and ...

A ‘SPACE’ NIGHT AT THE OPERA – Glamour Glitz and lot’s of Gold!

The magnificent OPERA House in Sydney was the venue for the recent Australasian Real Estate Networks Annual Awards Dinner. Over 300 guests made their way from both sides of the ...

Agent photos – A turn off or a turn on?

I always have a chuckle when I see a glamorised photo of a real estate agent, whether it is on their marketing collateral or on the website, and then meet ...

Sellers Providing Building & Pest Reports to Buyers

Living in Queensland, many of our homes for sale are made of timber and can potentially attract pests such as termites or even have rotting wood due to flooding and ...

Tenants Applications

If you are considering renting a property or are a current tenant and want to move into another rental property there are a few things in regard to processing an ...

Do you need a machete to get through the weeds?

We’ve all heard about property ‘staging’ and yes it works probably because most of us are over tripping over toddlers’, teenagers’ or partner’s paraphenalia when we eventually get to fall ...

That is so 2009!

Wow – can you believe it is February already? The Christmas holidays seem like all too distant a memory, school is back, we are back at work and it would ...