The Adelaide northern growth corridor has generated more promotional commentary and more active buyer interest than most other parts of the South Australian market - and that attention has not been uniform in its accuracy or its timing. The commentary is not entirely without justification - infrastr

Property investment in Australia generates consistent buyer activity across most market conditions, and the confusion between the two primary assessment tools - the appraisal and the formal valuation - generates consistent problems for investors who mistake one for the other. The difference between

The number of Australians who hold or are actively pursuing investment property is substantial, and the number who understand the difference between the tools used to assess that property before purchase is considerably smaller. Treating a property appraisal and a formal valuation as interchangeable

South Australian sellers who are thinking about going to market spend most of their preparation time thinking about market conditions. That focus is natural and not entirely wrong, but it leads sellers to underinvest in the decisions that most directly determine what they achieve. The decisions made

Buying property in Adelaide has changed in ways that catch unprepared buyers off guard. The market that existed three years ago - where buyers had time to consider, negotiate, and move at a measured pace - has been replaced by one where the gap between interest and offer can determine whether a purc