by Gina Kantzas | Sep 25, 2025 | Buy-Sell
Auctions are part theatre, part strategy, but costly bidding mistakes can turn your dream home into a missed opportunity. Each week I attend auctions, not just for clients or for market knowledge, but for the spectacle. I’m hardly alone; it’s a much-loved Melbourne...
by Gina Kantzas | Sep 18, 2025 | Buy-Sell
Spring is always prime time for Melbourne property, but this year has a different buzz. Auction clearance rates are back above 70% and prices are gathering steam. Anyone buying in Bayside or the Inner East is stepping into one of the hottest markets we’ve seen in...
by Gina Kantzas | Jan 29, 2025 | Buy-Sell
Whether you’re negotiating to buy a home, negotiating in business or indeed, negotiating with your teenagers, knowing your values allows you to strategize to negotiate consistently for better results. Here are my top tips (or rules) after 15 years as a licenced estate...
by Gina Kantzas | Sep 27, 2024 | Buy-Sell
How it started In 2014, a European family living in Asia were being relocated to Melbourne for work. Being close to the water felt appealing as did being close to good schools for their 2 children. One day soon after they started searching, they received an invitation...
by Gina Kantzas | Sep 27, 2024 | Buy-Sell
The prospect of downsizing from a larger family home to a more manageable space can be both exciting and challenging. Whether it is to reduce maintenance responsibilities, improve access to community amenities or move closer to adult children and grandchildren,...
by Gina Kantzas | Jan 17, 2024 | Buy-Sell
Last month the Victorian Government announced in its Housing Statement The decade ahead/2024 – 2034 that planning permits will no longer be required to build a second home (aka granny flat) on properties over 300sqm. This means the issue of flexible housing and...
