Hi everyone!
It looks like Spring has come early and possibly a hot dry summer is very close. We have plenty of houses to choose from in all price ranges and offering both long and short settlements. We hope we have one to suit your family.
We are trying to be very mindful to use our water wisely as we are very mindful of the drought and the effect on farmers around the country. Now we also need to take care with fires flaring up everywhere.
Our whole team has been super busy over the past week. We sold an apartment in Porter Street Ryde for $728,000. We also had some great auction results on Saturday when we sold 1 Zanco Road Marsfield for $1,750,000 and 17a York Street Epping for $1,525,000, both with happy vendors and buyers. We also finalised the long under contract sale for the knockdown rebuild at 3 Magnolia Avenue Epping this week for $1,220,000 and have a couple of others currently under contract. It is really great to see the buyer confidence back in the market.
We are expecting another busy day this Saturday and what better day to buy your new home - 18/8/18. Very lucky!
We have 2 beautiful homes being auctioned. See details:
You can also view some of our listings in the latest McGrath magazine.
See you this Saturday!
Best wishes
Betty and team
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