READY, SET, SELL! Get ready for a busy Autumn market (news.com.au)

MELBOURNE’S robust

property market is ex-

pected to pick up where

it left off in 2014. If you’re planning to get in on

the action as a seller, now is the

time to start preparing for the

market’s second main selling

season, Autumn.

WBP Property Group’s Greville

Pabst expects an early rush

from mid-February to

get campaigns under way be-

fore Easter.

“It’s a good time to sell,” Mr

Pabst said. “We’ve still got

some good weather. You can

see the change in the season,

Melbourne's housing mar-

ket remained solid in the

final quarter of last year,

with the city's median

house price of $669,000

up five per cent on the

September quarter. Prices increased in inner,

middle and outer suburbs, in

the latest REIV quarterly re-

sults released today. "Inner

Melbourne increased by 11.7

per cent for the year with mid-

dle Melbourne up by 13.2 per

cent and outer Melbourne at

8.9 per cent," REIV Chief Ex-

ecutive Enzo Raimondo said”

Melbourne’s record-

breaking, auction boom,

Melbourne housing market remains solid in December Qtr (REIV news)

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• Melbourne municipality of Hume tops mortgage

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particularly in the leafy sub-

urbs like South Yarra and

Kew.”

STRIKE EARLY

Easter is the biggest event in

autumn and falls early this

year. But there’s also Anzac

Day and school holidays to

contend with. “In my experi-

ence, Easter can be the cata-

lyst for the market,” Mr Pabst

said. “I think there’s almost an

expectation that there’s going

to be strong demand at the

opening and before Easter, so

people want to get in and capi-

talise on that. “When you start

looking a bit longer, people

are more uncertain, not sure

what the market is going to be

like.” Also, March and April are

mild months when potential

buyers will be more inclined to

attend inspections. Sellers can

make the most of their outdoor

spaces, too, showcasing the

garden before the weather

starts to cool in May.

MAKE AN IMPRESSION

Making a strong first impres-

sion will help to reel in buyers.

So concentrate on cleaning and

remove clutter from the house

and yard. Mr Pabst said sellers

didn’t need to spend a lot of

money, but presentation was

paramount in hooking buyers.

“The difference between some-

body looking online and seeing

the property is they will typical-

ly have a look in the car. You

don’t want them to slow down

and keep driving,” he said.

Mr Pabst recommended simple

things such as landscaping,

pruning, maybe some new

plants and a new coat of paint to

boost your home’s street ap-

peal.

which continued until just

days before Christmas,

helped push home prices up.

At the end of 2014 Melbourne

house prices were up 11.7 per

cent compared with 2013. He

said that the three months to

the end of December saw

substantial price growth in

many suburbs, with 20 Mel-

bourne suburbs seeing

growth above 10 per cent for

the quarter. Leading the list

for quarterly growth was Kew,

followed by Carlton North,

Dromana and Northcote. With

many homebuyers looking to

regional Victoria for more

affordable properties, the

regional market also rebounded.

The December quarter median

house price in regional Victoria

was 344,000, up 5.5% on Sep-

tember. "The data shows the

regional market's increasing

strength: a year ago its median

house price of $320,500 was a

new record. In 2012 it was just

$302,000," he said. "With interest

rates at record low levels for

more than a year, the buoyant

finish to the 2014 house sales

year, with a string of big auction

weekends in December, is likely

to give a fillip to the coming sum-

mer/autumn selling season,” he

said.

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The great Australian dream is to own

your home. This makes a lot of sense;

it’s a very basic human need to have a

backyard with flowers and place to lay

your head at night. However, in 2014

more and more people are opted to buy

an investment property first! Why? There are numerous reasons but here

are the main ones…

1. When you own your home you are

responsible for 100% of the repay-

ments plus maintenance and expens-

es such as rates.

2. If you have an investment property

you have a tenant that is contributing

towards your mortgage.

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3. The tax office kicks in with a reduc-

tion in your tax dollars to help you pay

the expenses.

4. The bank will lend you more when

you buy an investment property.

5. Your tax dollars go into your future

savings.

This is not necessarily the right strategy

for everyone.

You should get specific advice for your

situation from professionals.