On February 6, 2024, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) made a pivotal decision to maintain the cash rate at 4.35%, marking its first policy announcement of the year. This decision comes against a backdrop of gradually declining inflation, which eased to 4.1% in the December quarter, down from 5.4% in September.
Auctions are popular in the market at the moment and we suggest you familiarise yourself with the auction process. A standard residential property transaction is known as a Private Treaty sale. This is when you set the price you’d like your house to sell for, and your real estate agent negotiates individually with prospective buyers to achieve a sale as close to this price as possible.