When you're selling your home it's easy to get caught up in thinking about what YOU want. But it pays to take a minute and think about what the BUYER wants too.

Is the thought of selling your rental property stressing you out? Here's my advice on how to make selling your rental as pain-free as possible.

Selling your home is a big deal. And finding the right real estate agent to work with is also a big deal. Chose well, and chances are you’ll get a better price for your home and the process will be relatively pain-free. Chose poorly, and well, you’ll get the opposite. So, when it comes to choosing an agent, how much sway should you put on the size of the real estate company behind them?

Do you own a rental property, or are you thinking about becoming a landlord? If so, there are some changes on the horizon you need to know about — all to do with creating healthy homes for New Zealanders.

Conducting a live auction during primetime on national TV. What could possibly go wrong?

Buying a house is easy, but moving house is hard. It’s tiring, it’s stressful and it can go on for days and weeks. Quite frankly, not many people enjoy the actual moving part of moving house. It kind of sucks.

Have you ever thought about buying off plans? By that, I mean buying a home or apartment that hasn’t actually been built yet (for example Latitude Residences). Sounds a bit scary, I know, but...

This is a cautionary tale. It’s the true story of what happened to some clients of mine. If you’re thinking about putting your house on the market you should read it.

People always have advice and opinions about real estate agents. They'll tell you real estate agents are slippery characters. Not to be trusted. There are always stories.

So when you list with an agent it's hard to know what you should tell them, and what you shouldn't. Whether you can trust them with certain information, or not.