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Clear Adelaide market commentary, landlord education and local expertise — written to help owners, sellers and investors make confident decisions.
Latest · Seller Guide
Spring is traditionally the busiest selling season — but 2026 comes with a twist. Listings are up sharply and the balance has tipped toward buyers. Here's how to read it if you're thinking of selling.
11 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Seller Guide
Agent commission is only part of the cost of selling. Here's a clear, no-surprises breakdown of what selling a home in SA actually costs in 2026 — commission, marketing, conveyancing and the rest.
9 September 2026 · 6 min read
Seller Guide
Before you spend a dollar preparing your home for sale, know where it actually pays off. A practical guide to the presentation that lifts your price — and the spending that quietly doesn't.
7 September 2026 · 6 min read
Landlord Education
Adelaide remains one of Australia's most approachable markets for a first investment property. A plain-English guide to getting the fundamentals right — location, numbers, and the things first-timers overlook.
5 September 2026 · 6 min read
Boutique
At a big agency, the senior agent who wins your listing is rarely the one who does the work. At a boutique like Marshall SA, the person you meet is the person who sees it through. Here is why that matters.
5 September 2026 · 5 min read
Market Update
Adelaide values eased to a $944,909 median in the latest read — two consecutive monthly dips, but still +10.5% over the year. What the softening does, and doesn't, mean for owners.
4 September 2026 · 5 min read
Landlord Education
Rental yield is the number every investor quotes and few calculate properly. Here's the difference between gross and net yield, how to work out each, and what counts as a good yield in Adelaide in 2026.
3 September 2026 · 5 min read
Boutique
The impersonal feeling you get from a big-brand agency isn't a customer-service failing — it's the business model working exactly as designed. Here's what that design costs you as a client.
3 September 2026 · 5 min read
Commercial
Adelaide commercial yields sit 50–150 basis points above comparable Sydney and Melbourne assets. For investors priced out of the eastern seaboard, that gap is the opportunity.
2 September 2026 · 6 min read
Boutique
When you sell through a franchise, part of what you pay props up a national brand machine. With an independent boutique, more of your spend goes where it belongs — into selling your home.
1 September 2026 · 5 min read
Market Update
Two consecutive monthly declines have prompted the 'is the boom over?' headlines. Here is what the data actually says — and why panic and complacency are both wrong.
31 August 2026 · 4 min read
Boutique
In property management, the number that quietly determines your experience is how many properties your manager is juggling. Here's why a smaller portfolio means a better-protected investment.
30 August 2026 · 5 min read
Local Expertise
A genuine high street, character housing and a walkable lifestyle three kilometres from the city. Why Norwood remains the benchmark for inner-eastern Adelaide living — and investing.
29 August 2026 · 5 min read
Local Expertise
Generous blocks, established gardens and some of Adelaide's most sought-after school zones. A closer look at the Kensington precinct — the suburb our own office calls home.
27 August 2026 · 5 min read
Local Expertise
Salisbury, Campbelltown and Tea Tree Gully have led Greater Adelaide for annual growth. The pattern behind the numbers — affordability, employment and space — is worth understanding.
25 August 2026 · 5 min read
Seller Guide
Only around one in ten South Australian sales goes to auction. Here is an honest look at when auction genuinely suits an Adelaide home — and when private treaty is the smarter path.
22 August 2026 · 6 min read
Seller Guide
If you're 55 or over and selling a long-held Adelaide home, you may be able to put up to $300,000 each into super from the proceeds. A plain-English look at the downsizer contribution.
20 August 2026 · 5 min read
Landlord Education
Depreciation alone can be worth $5,000–$15,000 a year, and most landlords under-claim it. A plain-English rundown of what's deductible on an Adelaide investment property in 2026.
18 August 2026 · 6 min read
Landlord Education
South Australia is rolling out a simpler online bond release process in 2026, with disputes decided by the Commissioner rather than the courts. What it changes for landlords.
15 August 2026 · 4 min read
Market Update
Adelaide dwelling values held steady in June at a record $945,868, up 11.6% year-on-year. A measured look at what the July numbers mean for owners considering their next move.
1 August 2026 · 5 min read
Landlord Education
Since 1 January 2026, every rental application in South Australia must be made on the government's prescribed Form A1. Here is what it changed for landlords and property managers — and what it did not.
29 July 2026 · 6 min read
Market Update
SQM Research has Adelaide's rental vacancy rate at 0.7% for June 2026 — less than half the national average. What that number means for your rent review, your tenant retention strategy and your next lease renewal.
26 July 2026 · 5 min read
Buyer Guide
South Australia's first home buyer package is one of the most generous in the country — a $15,000 grant and $0 stamp duty on new homes with no property-value cap. Here is exactly what you get and how to claim it.
23 July 2026 · 6 min read
Landlord Education
Since 1 September 2025, South Australian landlords can end a fixed-term or periodic tenancy in order to sell — provided they give 60 days' notice and have a signed sales agency agreement. Here is exactly how it works.
20 July 2026 · 5 min read
Landlord Education
The new financial year is a natural moment to reset. Here is what we would prioritise for FY2026-27 — starting with the fundamentals landlords keep meaning to get around to.
1 July 2026 · 4 min read
Landlord Education
Every landlord gets rental appraisals. Almost nobody is taught how to read one properly — or how to spot the tells that reveal an appraisal you shouldn't trust.
29 June 2026 · 5 min read
Landlord Education
With EOFY days away, a short checklist for Adelaide landlords — the five things to run through before 30 June to make the June statement work harder at tax time.
26 June 2026 · 5 min read
Market Update
A measured read on where Adelaide's sales and rental markets sit at the end of the June quarter — and what the numbers mean for owners heading into the new financial year.
24 June 2026 · 4 min read
Landlord Education
The single most common complaint we hear from landlords switching agencies is the same: 'I just couldn't get anyone on the phone.' Here is why it matters more than the fee.
22 June 2026 · 4 min read
Local Expertise
Behind almost every smooth real estate experience is the same quiet ingredient — a team that has been together long enough to know what they're doing.
19 June 2026 · 4 min read
Landlord Education
A short checklist worth running through before you sign a listing or management agreement — five questions whose answers tell you more than any pitch.
17 June 2026 · 4 min read
Landlord Education
A practical framework for one of the most consequential decisions an Adelaide owner or seller makes — and why the answer is simpler than most people realise.
15 June 2026 · 5 min read
Landlord Education
Headlines like 11.2 are sobering, but the practical question is what to actually do. Here is a calm, evidence-based read for each cohort — owners, buyers and landlords.
13 June 2026 · 4 min read
Local Expertise
The world's most-watched affordability index lays much of the blame on one thing — restrictive land-use regulation. Here's what that means in an Adelaide context.
11 June 2026 · 5 min read
Market Update
The 2026 Demographia International Housing Affordability report places Adelaide just behind Hong Kong, Sydney and San Jose — a sobering global ranking we explain in plain terms.
9 June 2026 · 4 min read
Market Update
A measured look at where Adelaide's sales and rental markets sit this month, and what it means for owners considering their next move.
15 May 2026 · 4 min read
Landlord Education
The right property manager protects your asset and your time. Here is what actually matters when you are deciding who to trust with it.
2 May 2026 · 5 min read
Landlord Education
Every week a property sits empty is a week of lost return. The good news: most vacancy is avoidable with a few disciplined habits.
18 April 2026 · 4 min read
Local Expertise
Norwood combines lifestyle, character housing and consistent tenant demand — a combination investors continue to value.
4 April 2026 · 4 min read
Landlord Education
The right rent is not simply the highest number. It is the figure that secures a quality tenant quickly and holds them long term.
20 March 2026 · 5 min read
Local Expertise
What makes Adelaide's inner east such an enduring place to live — and why that lifestyle underpins its property market.
6 March 2026 · 4 min read
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