Melinda Jennison

And I think that's because people are looking for a competitive edge.

They're looking for off-market opportunities simply because listing volumes are so low.

And they're looking for certainty, guidance, reduced risk and pricing confidence before they submit an offer on anything that does come to market because it's quite often very competitively sought after with multiple offers.

Or if it's an auction campaign, there's multiple registered bidders.

So there's not much opportunity for one-on-one negotiating in a market like we have here in Brisbane at the moment.

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Thanks, Craig, for having me.

It's exciting to be a part of it.

Look, I think that we've had a much better 2021 than the other capitals such as Sydney and Melbourne.

I mean, as you know, we haven't experienced those large lockdowns like the other capitals.

major capital cities have throughout Australia so I guess you could say we've been lucky we've dodged a bullet with COVID but of course you know with the border closures a lot of people haven't been able to get up to to Brisbane and into Queensland so we're looking forward to having Australia as one again and not being all of these separate states.

It's a great question.

And just to help people understand what we do as a buyer's agent, first and foremost, we do represent the buyer exclusively.

So we're retained by the buyer to help them to find a property that's suitable for what their requirements are, but also complete the necessary due diligence on that property.

That includes understanding all of the impacts on a property.

In Brisbane, it's things like flood impact, noise overlays, as well as bushfire overlays, what might be underground, but more importantly, what they need to pay.

And that's a really tricky thing for a

growing in the housing sector at between 2% and 2.2% every single month at a greater Brisbane level across the last five months of 2021.

So that's really strong price growth and it's really hard for a lot of buyers to understand what they need to pay.

So having that professional representation can really