This week we’ll look at how to make the inside of your house sparkle. Show the house to its full potential, it will be worth the effort!

Remember, you can only ever make one first impressions.

The Gold Coast Bulletin reported last week that Robina, Varsity Lakes & Merrimac were three of the Gold Coast's top 5 areas for price growth over the July to September Quarter on the Gold Coast. The incredible growth has now seen Robina join the once exclusive club of having a median house price of over $1,000,000.

With confirmation last week that lending criteria and lending standards have now been tightened, Senior News Reporter Elizabeth Redman featured an article on Thursday discussing what impact this would have on our property markets as well as the chances of further restrictions coming into play.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll look at the best ways to getting your house sold. Presentation is key when preparing your home for sale, whether it’s a basic declutter and styling or a small renovation to increase value. It’s important to discover what buyers are looking for in a property for sale and the common selling mistakes to avoid.

Property prices continued to grow across the Gold Coast and throughout Australia during September according to CoreLogics National house price index for the month of September which was released on Friday.

An article published last week on CoreLogic's website is an article that every current & future vendor should read. Whilst many property owners are trying to time the market and sell at the peak of the cycle, history tells us that this strategy has its flaws.

The growing gap between incomes and property prices is likely to worsen before it gets better, experts say, making it harder than ever for first-home buyers to save a deposit.