Beyond the Scarcity Playbook: What Actually Wins When Sydney’s Market Reverses
The pandemic created buyer’s agents and volume agencies as solutions to artificial scarcity. Today, with clearance rates below fifty percent, that playbook is dead. Here’s what actually works in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs market — Alan Weiss explains.
Why new apartments supply won’t fix Sydney affordability
Alan Weiss on why building more apartments won’t solve affordability—construction costs, APRA’s lending limits and the investor squeeze explained.
Eastern Suburbs Old South Head Road Corridor
New apartment developments are reshaping the Eastern Suburbs Old South Head Rd corridor from Rose Bay to Bondi Junction. Alan Weiss on what oversupply and traffic mean for value.
The quiet centre of harbourside Sydney
Four kilometres from the city, Double Bay rewards judgement over noise. Alan Weiss on the market, the new developments reshaping the village, and selling well in a thinly traded prestige suburb.
The market has changed — and so has the method
A note on Sydney’s falling auction clearance rates, the new price-guide laws, and why the three-week campaign no longer does what it once did.
Australia’s housing question, viewed from abroad
The world is cutting rates. Australia is raising them. Alan Weiss on what global housing markets reveal about Sydney’s affordability problem.