We consistently achieve a lower vacancy rate than the average for the region. In August 2015, the vacancy rate for the Riverina was 2.8%, while Fitzpatricks Real Estate achieved 1.8%.
Continue reading6 ways to improve the value of your home for under $1000 First impressions are important The external appearance of your home really counts. first impressions are important. You can improve it by painting over old concrete bricks, clay bricks or weatherboard with some of the exciting new colours now available. Maximise your house’s street appeal Landscaping or even just a tidy up of the …
Continue readingIf you have been thinking about selling your home, it’s the time to get serious! If you want your home on the market in Spring, you need to be thinking about preparing to list as early as August. You need to speak to your agent and get any necessary paperwork prepared so that you can have your selling strategy organised before Spring arrives. At Fitzpatricks …
Continue readingMr Fluffy and investment properties
Was your property constructed or renovated before 1980? Throughout the 1960s to the 1980s, pure loose-fill asbestos was sold as ceiling insulation to residential and commercial premises. A Canberra based company known as ‘Mr Fluffy’ installed insulation in around 1,000 houses in the ACT, and it is also understood to have installed insulation into homes in NSW. There is a possibility that the company may …
Continue readingHow’s the Market? August 2015
Well what a time we are having in our topsy turvey Wagga Wagga real estate market. And understandably sometimes I find it really hard to read the signals and indicators, and I find it even harder to understand the real estate statistical jargon. There are plenty of sources out there in the market that track and report on indicators like the ‘mean average’ price. The …
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