Why Auctions In This Market Still Win: 3 Proven Paths To A Great Sale
Two days. One event, #RMX26. One room full of RE/MAX agents and property managers. And one question that kept coming back: why auctions in this market? Joel Davoren, Managing Director of RE/MAX Australia, put it to me on stage. I’m Henry Wong, RE/MAX Australia #1 Auction Agent. Then the room put it to me again….Read More→
15 Days. 14 Bids. The Powerful Auction The Courier Mail Wrote About
Fifteen days. Fourteen bids. One auction that, by every rule of this market, should have failed. Friday, 14 August 2026. Bidding opened at $1,000,000. The hammer came down at $1,392,000. Then the phone rang. The Courier Mail wanted to know how. Here’s exactly what I told them — and what it means if you’re planning…Read More→
Downsizing After 60: 8 Proven Experts Who Make It Easy
Eighty-five per cent of Australians aged 55 and over live in a home with two or more spare bedrooms. That’s from the realestate.com.au GemLife Downsizing Australia Report, 2025. Most of them aren’t downsizing. And it isn’t because the thought never crossed their mind. It’s because nobody hands them the map. I sat on a panel…Read More→
No power. No working kitchen. No working toilet. Forty bids later, The Courier-Mail wanted to know how.
Across South East Queensland, auctions are passing in. Open homes are quiet. Buyers are hesitant and slow to commit. Cotality’s numbers confirm it. Heading into our auction, Brisbane — the closest reported auction market to us — finalised a clearance rate of 35.4%, which Cotality described as the weakest of the large markets. Nationally, the…Read More→
Auctions FAQ: Winning Answers from RE/MAX Australia’s #1 Auction Agent
Australia’s national auction clearance rate has dropped to just 45% as of July 2026. That means more than half of all properties going to auction are failing to sell under the hammer. Here in Brisbane, the numbers are even more confronting — just a 16% clearance rate for the week ending July 4, 2026, down…Read More→
How to Prepare for Auction Success With Your Agent
Most sellers walk into an auction campaign anxious, underprepared and in the dark. That’s not a market problem. That’s an agent problem. Australia’s national auction clearance rate has fallen to 47.4% — the lowest since COVID-19 gripped the country in April 2020, according to Cotality’s latest data. In other words, across the country right now,…Read More→
No Written Offers? Here’s the Real Reason Your House Isn’t Selling
Two months on the market. Not one written offer. That’s not just frustrating. That’s a specific kind of exhausting — the kind where you start questioning everything. The price. The suburb. The house itself. I want to stop you right there. Because I’ve been getting calls like this for weeks. And in almost every single…Read More→
Selling a house is like a game of chess.
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” — Abraham Lincoln Selling a house is not a simple transaction. It is a series of deliberate moves — each one building on the last, each one either strengthening or weakening your position at the negotiating…Read More→
Fewer Buyers At Open Homes. What That Means For Your Sale.
The buyer pool in Southeast Queensland has shrunk. Not across the board. One specific segment has pulled back harder than the rest — and most homeowners don’t know which one. That gap in knowledge is costly. Because the sellers who go to market without understanding what’s changed are the ones who end up sitting on…Read More→
The Courier-Mail Featured 30 Lister Street — Here’s Why It Sold When Most Properties in Brisbane Aren’t
Something unusual happened at 30 Lister Street, Sunnybank. Eight registered bidders. Thirty-two groups through. Sold in 17 days for $1,701,000 — well above reserve. The Courier-Mail covered it — read the full article here. And they should have. Because right now, results like that don’t just happen. They are built. What Is Actually Happening in…Read More→
10 Easements. 1 Covenant. A Backyard Full of Protected Trees. How Did This Property Sell in 22 Days?
10 Easements. 1 Covenant. A Backyard Full of Protected Trees. How Did This Property Sell in 22 Days? Most agents would have seen this property and quietly started managing expectations downward. Ten easements on the title. One covenant. A battle axe block with no street frontage. And a backyard dominated by tall, native trees…Read More→
The Courier Mail Made It Official: The Highest Sale In Mansfield’s History — And It Wasn’t By Accident
Same Street. Same Size. $485,000 Apart. Here’s the One Thing That Made the Difference. Two homes. Same street in Mansfield. Similar size. Sold weeks apart. 2 Mansfield Place sold for $2,035,000. 38 Mansfield Place sold for $2,520,000. $485,000 more. Cash. Unconditional. Six days on market. The Courier Mail ran it as breaking news — the…Read More→
