We love spring at Living Here Launceston and are very excited it has arrived!  The gardens are looking lovely and with nicer days we are seeing more buyers keen to get out and about and visit more open homes! The first weekend in October also saw the return of daylight savings.  Hooray!  We turned our…

Living Here are pleased to welcome Jackie Brown to our office.  Jackie is a mortgage broker from Loan Market who will be able to assist our current and future clients with their finance needs.  You may have heard from Jackie if you have recently purchased a property with our team.  Our property owners may also…

A recently released study by Anglicare titled the 2018 Rental Affordability Snapshot shows the number of properties available for rent in the north has dropped by a third over the past year. It showed that growth in rental prices has seen a number of low income earners and pensioners in a position where they struggle…

This weekend saw the first of this season’s four AFL rostered games played in Launceston (right over the road from our Living Here office!)   A bumper crowd of 16,000 people attended with pre-match entertainment and fire works to mark our first Saturday night game.  Footy fans waited in long lines for up to an hour…

Do you own a unit that is part of a strata but without an active body corporate in place? Perhaps you have one but it isn’t managed well, you are worried you may not be insured correctly or there is one owner doing all the work. Did you know Living Here Launceston can also manage…

Recent industry reports show 2017 was one of the strongest in residential property sales. Sales numbers were the highest in a decade and strong price growth was recorded in all sectors across the State. Rental vacancies were low with demand for good quality rental property remaining strong. As a consequence of the high volume of…

The University of Tasmania’s proposition to build a new campus at Inveresk is scheduled to commence construction by the end of 2017. The vision of the new campus is to ‘transform the city into a university city’ by bringing the Launceston campus closer to the CBD. The campus will host 16 000 staff and students…

We are delighted to announce the arrival of a Living Here baby! Congratulations to Lauren and Paul who have welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world recently. While we are excited for Lauren we must admit we miss her and can’t wait to have her back at work with us. I’m sure there will…

Interest rates and lending conditions continue to change on an almost weekly basis, at present – particularly for investors. As the banks and other lenders come to grips with the new government restrictions on what they can offer and who they can offer it to, many are simply increasing their rates and decreasing the amount…

Do you want to maximise the appeal of your property to buyers and achieve the best price? Just look at these before and after photographs. Styling is relatively inexpensive and can help you get the best possible price. Ask us how today!