The RBA lifted the cash rate three times in the first half of 2026 to 4.35% while dwelling values fell. That combination reverses the old advice about buying before you sell — with bridging finance at 7-8.5%, peak debt maths, settlement risk and the ATO downsizer rules explained.
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Agent marketing claims the right agent adds 5-15% to your sale price. We went looking for the evidence. Here is what peer-reviewed Australian research and current ABS data actually support — and the four agent metrics a vendor can genuinely verify.
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NSW lifted the maximum underquoting penalty from $22,000 to $110,000 in June 2026. The same disclosure rules that protect buyers give vendors a way to test an inflated appraisal — here are the eight red flags to check before you sign an agency agreement.
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National auction clearance has fallen to about 52%, from 71% a year earlier. A data-backed breakdown of when auction still beats private treaty, what passing in really costs you, and how to match the method to your property.
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Commission is only about 61% of what actually leaves your settlement statement. A full breakdown of Australian selling costs in 2026 — commission by state, vendor paid advertising, tiered structures, and how to negotiate fair terms.
Read MoreTwo Sides of the Same Platform AgentFind exists to solve two mirrored problems at once: property professionals overwhelmed by fragmented, expensive marketing channels, and property buyers overwhelmed by an opaque, hard-to-compare search for the right person to hire. This article tells both sides — two professionals who simplified an overwhelming marketing situation, and two buyers […]
Read MoreFive Small Practices, One Shared Problem Every small property business faces the same early tension: marketing has to generate enquiries, but the channels that generate the most visible enquiries — property portals, paid search, agency-level advertising packages — are priced for businesses with agency-scale budgets, not a solo practitioner or a two-person team. What follows […]
Read MoreThe confusion that costs buyers money A significant share of Australian property buyers still don’t understand a foundational distinction: the real estate agent standing at an open home works for the seller, not for them. This isn’t a secret or a trick — it’s clearly disclosed and legally required — but it’s also routinely misunderstood […]
Read MoreTwo platforms solving two different problems Domain and realestate.com.au are property marketplaces — their core product is listings of houses, apartments, and land for sale or rent. Professional profiles exist on both platforms, but as a secondary feature layered onto a property-first experience. AgentFind is structured the opposite way: professional discovery is the entire product, […]
Read MoreThe question every growing practice eventually asks At some point, every buyer’s agent, broker, or conveyancer with a growing client base faces the same decision: keep investing time and money into building their own website, SEO, and social presence from scratch, or put that same budget toward an established platform where discovery-intent traffic already exists. […]
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