First Home Buyers – Getting Prepared

First Home Buyers – Getting Prepared

We are seeing a really busy market in property at the moment and it can be really demoralising for first home buyers. What we’re suggesting to our clients who are purchasing property, is to make sure they’re as prepared as they possibly can be before even...
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

Final Episode of Amanda Clinton-Gohdes First Home Buyer Blog WOOOOOHOOOOO!!! Not the most professional way to start a blog post I know, but I feel like we’re friends now. Besides, I don’t know how else to express the relief and excitement of having our (basically)...
Tender Times

Tender Times

First Home Buyer Blog – Episode 9 For those who have lost count, we have made 5 (unsuccessful) offers on properties and were just about at our wits end. Then one fateful Sunday, we found ourselves at a house that was on our ‘maybe’ list of open homes. And isn’t...
House Hunting Desperado(s)

House Hunting Desperado(s)

Amanda Clinton-Gohdes ‘First Home Buyer Guide’ Blog 8 continues Did we win the multi-offer and get the house?? No, no we didn’t. Did we high five because we didn’t get the house? Yes, yes we did. Yep, you read correctly. We high-fived when we DIDN’T get...
How a multi-offer changes everything

How a multi-offer changes everything

We might have dodged a bullet with our last almost-purchase, but it was still a bit heart breaking. However, you’ve gotta get back on the horse etc, so back to TradeMe and open homes we went. And you guessed it, we found another house. The house was listed on a...