All in a days work

It's amazing how many new trades you learn as a Real Estate Business Development Manager! Today I was fixing damp in one building, arranging to remove a tree root system blocking a swimming pool pump system in another, and doing a development application with Hornsby Shire Council about dual occupancy. So much more challenging than my previous employment working as an engineer in support of the RAN's submarines!

Lost Wallet Found

A gentleman rang Ray White Beecroft to advise that he had lost his wallet while having coffee in the Arcade. A staff member ran down there and located the shop and the missing wallet. All part of the day's work for real estate companies but why did this gentleman choose to ring Ray White Beecroft?

Beecroft Blooming

The Lions Club of Beecroft/Cheltenham has put out the tulips in preparation for Beecroft in Bloom which starts 18 September.

Property of the week blown away!

I had just made a delightful new listing house for sale the "property of the week" on our website when Douglas Macarthur reported the roof has been partly blown away by the recent gales!

Local boy makes BMX track

All part of the job for a Property Manager. Phone call from angry neighbour reporting the boy in a Beecroft house that I manage has dug holes in the garden to make a BMX track! Talked to the tenant (the boy's mom) and she said yes, he did it Saturday, without their permission, and will be filling it in again next Saturday.

Government Support for property investors

Housing Minister announced a second round of the scheme that will pay investors a subsidy for renting property for 20% less than the market rate. Meanwhile the Government will slash the social housing component of the economic stimulus.

The market is moving!

Two properties listed by Ray White Beecroft sold very quickly recently, one for $30K above the asking price, and the other before auction. Market experts are increasingly sounding confident that the market is beginning to move. "Buyers are coming out of the woodwork", was one nice quotation.