Guides for Victorian buyers
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Conveyancer or property lawyer? The Victorian buyer's choice
Both are licensed to act on Victorian property transactions. The right choice depends on what your contract actually looks like.
Negative gearing maths for Victorian investors in 2025
Negative gearing remains intact under current federal policy, but the after-tax economics look very different to 2019. Here's the updated arithmetic.
The inner north reset: Brunswick, Northcote, Thornbury in mid-2025
Melbourne's inner north has spent 2025 quietly absorbing a buyer-mix change that is now visible in the price data.
Cladding risk in Victorian apartments: where things stand in 2025
Six years after Lacrosse and Grenfell, Victoria's cladding remediation programme is past peak panic but still actively shaping apartment valuations.
The outer east growth corridor in 2025: Lilydale, Mooroolbark, Croydon
Owner-occupiers pushed out of the middle ring by pricing have been buying steadily through the outer east. The market dynamics there are very different.
What Melbourne's auction clearance rate actually tells you
The weekly clearance rate is the most-quoted property statistic in Victoria. It's also one of the most often misread.
Choosing a Victorian property manager: what actually matters
Property management fees in Victoria range from 5% to 9% of gross rent. The fee is rarely the most important variable.
Victorian price guides: the new quoting rules, in plain English
Underquoting reforms have changed how Victorian price guides work, but most buyers still misread them. Here's what the numbers now mean.
Melbourne's 1.4% vacancy rate, and what it means for buyers
Melbourne's residential rental vacancy is at a structural low. The flow-through to owner-occupier purchase decisions is more subtle than it looks.
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