James Buy Sell Market News with Off Markets every Monday
How do you sell your property – become one of the three out of ten that actually transact — and simultaneously buy one of the seven that aren’t moving? How do you turn this market, which feels for many like a trap, into the single best financial move you’ve made in a decade?
Homes are still being fiercely contested at auction when priced correctly. And homes are rotting on market for half a year when overpriced at an EOI.
Hundreds of Millions Sat Unsold via EOI in October 2025.
This week in Melbourne…
hundreds of millions of dollars of top-end property is sitting unsold.
Not withdrawn.
Not passed in.
Just sitting.
In March 2026 Sellers Still Aren’t Listening and the results are worse.
Last Thursday.
Three homes.
About $17 million worth of property.
And three very same but different (Aldi) lessons for buyers.
Executive Summary
The Melbourne top-end market has shifted—four up periods in 2025.
Prices have improved, but not exploded.
Sellers who price correctly are attracting real interest.
Today’s headline clearance rate (55%) is misleading without context.
Properties that attracted at least one bidder had a 75% chance of selling.
Whether you’re buying or selling, the best decisions come from real information.
This entire article is on Growth. Hopefully you will grow, even if your home hasn’t to the level you wanted in the last decade.
This article is raw and confronting, but 100% factual. Of course property is 100% emotional – but I suggest read it and move forward with better decisions, whether you’re a buyer or a seller.
When you stop chasing yesterday and start working with today, life improves.
Whether you’re buying or selling, the best decisions come from real information.
This entire article is on Growth. Hopefully you will grow, even if your home hasn’t to the level you wanted in the last decade.
This article is raw and confronting, but 100% factual. Of course property is 100% emotional – but I suggest read it and move forward with better decisions, whether you’re a buyer or a seller.
When you stop chasing yesterday and start working with today, life improves.
“Nobody Ever Got Fired For Running An EOI – Expression of Interest”
“Nobody ever got fired for hiring IBM” was code for this. Pick the big, established name and you protect yourself. If the project falls over, you blame the brand. You were “safe.” You did what everyone else did. That thinking is now alive and well in high end Melbourne real estate. Only the badge has changed. Today, the safe corporate logo has been replaced by the big-brand agency and the three letters E O I.
Year In Review / Start or 2026 Summer Edition