James Buy Sell Market News with Off Markets every Monday
Today Gina, Mal and the team at James Buy Sell bought for clients a very special home at auction, 25 Hawthorn Grove Hawthorn. Price Quote was $6,800,000 to $7,300,000. On Market at $7,500,000. Sold $8,020,000. 4 Bidders. Crowd over 100.
Below are our James Buy Sell rating, provenance, and due diligence, some correspondence, valuations, and thoughts the day before and on the day of the auction.
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In the past month, we have successfully completed five stunning renovations in Elwood, Brighton, and Glen Iris—all of them under $500,000.
CEO Simone Clarke out today with Zali Reynolds at a James Buy Sell Multi-agent off market in Glen Iris. Good numbers through this home so far on the back of a great result Simone managed (multi-agent, off market) at Bella Vista Glen Iris in late June.
We ended this week with three buy-sell transactions, exceeding $20 million in total. Notably, two of these were off-market deals, and all three involved multiple agents, with two in Kew and one in Toorak. As we head into the mid-year break, this week stands out as a positive period in both the calendar and financial year.
The market is experiencing consistent growth across all sectors, although not always apparent or uniform. Nevertheless, prices are on the rise.
Overall the market has spoken and it is up but volatile. With a huge difference between the Inner East and the rest of the Top End auction suburbs
Normally we say nothing – privacy – but somebody else splashed it all over the papers. In 2021 we bought for our client. This week sold for a $4m gross profit in 2 years. Same home, same agent. In fact same clients we acted for on another $4m+ profit Toorak home previously. That’s a +20% uplift as the Toorak market dropped 10%.
The Boroondara hotspot has rippled through to Stonnington – and make no mistake this is a market change – this is a Mexican of some note. Sure, we are not out the woods, but bidders are cutting swathes through the forests of negativity to lights on the horizon.
Enter Tuesday’s rate announcement and all of sudden this May market is now the volatile one. May is going to be compelling watching like a Magpies last quarter and will almost certainly set the tone for Winter, Early Spring and pre-Xmas markets in 2023.
The 2023M2 May market has gone from a bit of a yawn to pivotal sentiment in the immediate residential property markets future.