Most homeowners requesting a property appraisal assume they are receiving an objective assessment of what their property is worth. In practice, the appraisal process is more nuanced than that - and understanding the difference between what an appraisal measures and what it can not measure is one of

The decision to sell a house rarely arrives with much warning. It tends to emerge gradually - through a change in circumstances, a growing family, a job that has moved, or simply the recognition that the current property no longer fits the life being lived in it. What tends to happen next is where t

The median is treated as a market truth. It appears in news reports, agent presentations, and property websites as the definitive answer to how Adelaide is performing. In practice, it is a blunt instrument applied to a market that demands precision - and the gap between what it measures and what buy

When a real estate agent quotes a fee, the conversation almost always collapses into a single number - the percentage. Two per cent. Two and a half. Occasionally less, occasionally more. The vendor hears the number, compares it mentally to what other agents have quoted, and makes a judgement about w

Most sellers arrive at that question with a number already forming in their head. It has been shaped by what a neighbour mentioned at a barbecue, what appeared on a property website, what they paid plus what they spent on renovations, and what they feel they deserve after years of ownership. By the