Land size Adelaide buyers chase the cheapest headline price per square metre they can find, but that number almost never turns out to be the one that matters most five years after settlement. By then the number that matters is how much room the family actually has, and whether the block can accommod

The listing presentation is sold as a consultation. In practice it is usually a pitch. Sellers who treat it as a consultation - who arrive with specific questions and hold out for specific answers - tend to make better agent selections. Most sellers do not arrive prepared to do that.The agent comes

Most sellers assume that if enough buyers attend the open home, competition will follow naturally. It does not work that way.What determines whether inspection attendance converts to competing offers is what the agent does in the 48 to 72 hours after each open home. That window is where buyer compet

There is a gap between what sellers see of an agent campaign and what actually shapes the outcome. The open home is visible. The buyer follow-up is not. The marketing is visible. The negotiation positioning is not. The listing is visible. The work that makes buyers take it seriously is largely invis

It happens often enough that it barely surprises anyone working in this market. A vendor goes live at a price built on hope rather than evidence. The buyer pool - well-informed, actively comparing, not particularly patient - encounters the listing, registers that it is above where comparable propert