2017 was far from an easy year for those looking to buy a house. If you didn’t manage it, don’t be put off – focus your efforts on this plan for buying a property in Melbourne this year. 

Budding buyers are encouraged by agents to head to auctions, where often, they get caught up in the buzz and end up paying way over the reserve price for a home. 

They say opportunity only comes knocking once. So if you find yourself looking at the perfect property for you, it is natural to want to jump on it as soon as you can.

It’s not all doom and gloom – although Australians favour larger properties (with the average cross-state number of bedrooms per house being 3), there are a number of benefits to downsizing.

As a property buyer, if your chosen method of purchase isn’t by auction, there’s a good chance you’re going to be dealing with negotiation in one form or the other.