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Tips for selling your home over the holiday season
Is Christmas a good time to sell? Over the festive season, the property market typically slows down, with people turning their thoughts away from house hunting and more towards family vacations and Christmas treats. However, there are still plenty of advantages of selling your home over Christmas - as long as it’s done well. If you’re looking t...
The Extensive List Of Dog Off-Leash Areas In Hervey Bay - August 2023
When thinking about making a move to Hervey Bay, ensuring you have great places to walk your furchild is important. Here is the extensive list of Dog Off-Leash areas where you can walk your dog either 24 hours a day or during specified times. Our smart furchild parents often investigate properties for sale or rent around their preferred dog off-leash areas, making these homes hot pr...
The Top 5 Reasons Families Are Choosing To Move To Hervey Bay
Once known as a retirees playground, Hervey Bay is fast becoming the sea change many families from more populated areas of Australia are looking for. With its beautiful beaches, a vibrant café and restaurant scene, shops, and fantastic education and junior sporting options, it is easy to understand why. Hervey Bay has seen a dramatic transformation over the past 10 years and is no longe...
Why you should get a price update on your home
If you own a property or are planning to sell one, this is a crucial reminder to get a recent price update. Property values can change rapidly due to various factors such as local market trends, economic conditions, and government policies. What might have been an accurate estimate a few months ago may not be valid today. By getting a recent price update, you'll have an up-to-date understandin...
How We Price Property To Optimise Your Sale In the Current Winter 2023 Market
In real estate, various types of pricing methods are used to determine the value and sale price of properties. The most common pricing methods include: 1. Listing Price: The listing price is the initial price set by the seller or the seller's real estate agent when the property is listed for sale. It represents the desired price for the property and can be negotiable. 2. Fixed Price: In some ...
Thinking Of Selling Your Property Without A Professional Real Estate Agent? You may need to consider these things...
Pricing a house for sale in our current market can be a complex process that involves considering several factors, including current market trends, location, property condition, and interest rates. With rising interest rates and changing buyer activity here in Hervey Bay, it is essential that when you enter your property onto the real estate market it is done so in a manner that is correc...
Changes To Tenancy Laws In Queensland Regarding Pets In Rental Properties
As of 23 March 2021, new tenancy laws regarding pets came into effect in Queensland. These laws aim to make it easier for tenants to keep pets in rental properties. Under the new laws, landlords must consider a tenant's request to keep a pet and can only refuse the request by applying to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) and demonstrating that the pet would cause ...
Queensland Premier Announces $7 Billion Train Project For Maryborough
Recently the Queensland Premier, Anna Palaszczuk announced a $7 billion train project for Maryborough, bringing with it up to 800 new jobs to the Fraser Coast. “Supporting jobs in traditional industries like manufacturing is important, especially in regional centers like Maryborough. This will be a game changer that secures the future of manufacturing for Maryborough." said the Premier. ...
Queensland Vacancy Rates
Vacancy rates are a measure of the availability of rental properties in a given area. A low vacancy rate generally indicates that demand for rental properties is high and supply is low, whereas a high vacancy rate suggests the opposite. In Queensland, the vacancy rate has fluctuated in recent years and can vary depending on the specific location and type of property. Factors that can impact v...
Hervey Bay's History
Captain James Cook founded Hervey Bay in 1770. Named after Britain's Earl of Bristol but at the time thought Fraser Island and the mainland were separate bodies of land so called it a Bay. Matthew Flinders mapped the area in 1802 finding this was not so. The first settler was Boyle Martin who came with his family 1863. He could be the first cane grower in the region! In...