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Insights 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 fits beside portals and independent buyer's agents.

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.

16 min read

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.

14 min read

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.

12 min read

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.

12 min read

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

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