Andrew Winter
Property Expert
What a Market!
Posted Friday February 3 by Andrew Winter
Selling Houses Australia has been filming since late 2007, Selling Houses, the show, started in 2002 in the UK and Europe and in all that time, now nearly a decade, I have never been part of a more confused, unpredictable and surprising housing market.
We were filming mid/late 2008 straight after the GFC and conditions in the housing market here were more calm and stable than we witnessed this series!
Why so confusing? The main reasons are the so called Resources Boom, it is supposed to be making all Australians rich but in reality does not directly affect that many!
The media reports declare 'booming suburbs’ one day and record 'foreclosures and mind blowing price reductions' another. I don't want to get too political, but let’s be honest, we have a Government and Opposition who have as much direction as a roundabout on a one way system. Plus the rest of the world is in a financial crisis, especially the UK and the USA, so the confusion we are all feeling is hardly surprising.
So, please watch the series over the next 10 weeks to see some surprising results. They even surprised me and that is pretty rare. Do they all sell? Do they all fail to secure a buyer? Watch and all will be revealed. I just hope you enjoy watching the series as much as we enjoy working on it!
Happy viewing
Please help me fix my house to sell. It's a shithole inside and out and I don't know where to start.
I've had my house in Echuca on the Murry river up for sale for over twelve months.
It has two houses and its on a 1/4 acre block with a shared boat ramp.I would love some help in selling my house, and it could make interesting tv coverage. Cheers Wendy
Andrew, thanks for your comments which, regarding the current political situation, made me nearly choke with laughter. So true!!!!!!
Just recently there have been reports in the news that the prices for property here is more expensive than that in New York, London or pretty much anywhere. If this is true I find it amazing. To use a turn of phrase "Why is this so?" Here in Perth it is expensive, yes, but it seems no more so than when we were 23 and bought our first house. A huge struggle and sacrifice to pay for it but now we are reaping the rewards. House prices have gone up but so have salaries. Are we so different from New York? How the heck do they equate our homes with those in New York?
Just to advise that your comments, blogs etc are widely noted and appreciated. Being Aussies means that we dont make comments about it lolz.
All the best :)