Ebony Gibb

Good morning, Craig.

So with myself, I'm just still currently saving for a deposit at the moment.

I think for myself, I am happy to kind of see what happens with the market as there has been a change recently in the past few months.

So I'm just happy to see kind of like what happens.

I'm not in a rush to buy.

I think, like Claire said as well, I'm trying to remain optimistic as well, especially with house prices decreasing.

Yeah, I think I'm more positive than pessimistic at the moment.

And I think, yeah, that'll definitely feed into the next 12 months as well.

I think I would potentially at this stage go with a fixed rate just because I feel like that's more secure, like as in you know what the rate is and it doesn't go up or down.

It's more, it's steady, I guess.

Yeah.

I think like Claire said as well to gain an insight into what auctions are actually like and what they're actually about and as well as what's involved because I hadn't actually been to an auction before or participated in one as such.

I think the biggest surprise probably was you feel like you need to outbid others even if you don't actually have the finances for it.

Yeah, so there was a mixture of what I would have to do if I potentially went over my budget as well and then the consequences of that too.

But yeah, I thought I'd miss out on this great property and then would there be another opportunity or another property like that one?

Yeah, definitely.

I think it's a great strategy from real estates and auctioneers to actually be having.

I thought it was a really great event and I was very happy that I went and as well as the understandings and the learnings as well that I took away from the event, especially the mock auction as well.