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Home buyers along Sydney and especially the Northern Beaches are out in force!

Our agents have reported a a great start to the year with a surprising number of early sales and an influx of buyers  "As expected, we are seeing a lot of local buyers in the market and a rise in out of area buyers" said Geoff Amaral, Principal of LJH Narrabeen.

Just as we expected and aren't we lucky???!!! It's not often we receive the good news of rate cuts and, it could not of come at  better time.  At a time of giving I think it is fair to say "Thank You RBA"...

Rates keep dropping, but they won't last forever!

As the economy goes through a transitionary phase we are seeing cycles in RBA that are quite rare and very advantageous to us struggling to pay our home loans. With at least three lenders now offering 2 year fixed rates below 6.00% we could be seeing a wild interest rate ride.  Could this be a sign that rates will drop further?  Well, here's a thought: Over the last 20 years these has never been a single RBA interest rate cut that has been followed by a rise, or for that matter, a single rise that's been followed by a cut. It's just not the way RBA does it!

True of false: Do humans need to work toward deadlines?

For the most of you who answered TRUE then you are in the majority. Most of us work toward deadlines; when our alarms ring in the morning and we wake up to start the day that is our morning deadline.  Auctions are the same, you are creating a deadline and humans need deadlines! It is not a secret that when most of us hear the words AUCTION when looking to sell our property we are ready to run for the hills.  BUT - Let the truth be told that auction really isn't so scary... Although Private Treaty remains the most common choice among Sydney-siders it may not always be the best.

Much like the long awaited Summer months we are predicting a rise in temperature for the real estate market.  We are experiencing a steady incline of buyer & seller behaviour in the current market and predict the month leading up to Summer will get pretty HOT.

Stampeding to our open homes are first home buyers from all around Sydney waiting to snap up their first property.  

There has been  a significant increase in the amount of enquiries from first home buyers following the decision by the New South Wales (NSW) Government to limit stamp duty concessions to those buying new homes from 1 January 2012.

Narrabeen is seeing a gradual increase in new buyers hitting the market and we believe it will only start to get stronger as time goes on.  There is no doubt that this busy spring property market is going to see more first home buyers wanting to purchase a property before the end of the year.