Guides for Victorian buyers

Process, market context and buyer education for Victoria. Practical guides on off-market access, Section 32 reading, stamp duty, auctions, and how BuyerHQ matching fits beside portals and buyer's agents - without inventing suburb claims.

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.

12 min read

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.

14 min read

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.

13 min read

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.

11 min read

Bank valuation, agent appraisal, sworn valuation: the differences that matter

Three different professionals can put three very different numbers on the same Victorian property. Here's what each one is actually for.

14 min read

Using the First Home Super Saver Scheme in Victoria

The FHSSS lets first-home buyers contribute up to $50,000 of pre-tax super toward a deposit. Most eligible Victorians don't use it.

11 min read

Melbourne's property market in 2024: the year in five numbers

The headline 2024 dwelling value number for Melbourne masks five different sub-market stories. Here are the year-end figures that matter.

13 min read

Heritage overlays in Melbourne: what they actually stop you doing

Heritage overlay properties trade at a premium to the surrounding streetscape and are constrained in ways most buyers underestimate.

13 min read

Regional Victoria 2024: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong compared

Three large regional centres, three very different 2024 outcomes. Here's the comparative read.

12 min read

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