In Australian property reporting, the median house price is the figure that appears more than any other. What it actually measures is far less well understood than how often it is quoted.Every month, data providers publish median house prices for suburbs, cities, and corridors across the cou

Sellers routinely spend money before listing their property. A significant portion of what sellers spend before listing does not return at settlement. Some of what sellers spend before selling was never going to move the price in any meaningful way.Seller spending and buyer willingness to pa

The typical homeowner goes into an appraisal expecting one clear answer. What an appraisal actually delivers is a range built on comparable sales, adjusted for conditions, and shaped by the experience of whoever is doing the assessment.Most people treat the question of property value as thou

Property investors moving into the Adelaide market regularly carry assumptions that were formed watching a different market behave. In Adelaide, those assumptions regularly produce miscalculations that take years to become visible.Investor interest in Adelaide residential property has grown

When most people ask what their home is worth they are expecting a definitive figure. The reality is a range informed by market data, interpreted through judgement, and subject to variation depending on who conducts the assessment.The question of what a house is worth sounds simple. The proc