Take two vendors in the same general area - one in Gawler East, one just across into Evanston. Both have three-bedroom homes on comparable land. Both received appraisals within weeks of each other. The figures came back differently. Neither agent was wrong. The suburbs are simply not the same market, and the data reflects that.Suburb bounda… Read More

A homeowner in Hewett preparing to sell starts their research the way most do - looking at recent sales in the suburb, forming a rough view of value, then sitting down with an agent. What they discover in that conversation is that the market they thought they understood has a few more layers to it than the listing portal suggested. That is not unus… Read More

The idea that a property appraisal is a straightforward, objective process is the first myth worth dismantling. It is not. Two agents can walk through the same Gawler property on the same day and produce figures that differ by fifty thousand dollars or more. Both figures can be technically defensible. Only one of them - if either - reflects what a … Read More

The listed price is an opinion. The sold price is the verdict. In Gawler right now, the gap between those two figures is one of the most useful things a vendor can study before they commit to a number. Most do not study it closely enough.What the recent Gawler sales record shows is a market that is rewarding correctly positioned properties … Read More

The belief that any licensed agent can give you an accurate appraisal of your Gawler property is one of the most expensive assumptions a vendor can carry into a selling decision. It sounds reasonable. Agents are trained professionals. They know the market. The problem is that knowing a market and knowing a specific suburb within that market at a sp… Read More