Greetings from the team at Great Ocean Road Real Estate, Torquay.

 In interesting article in the Herald Sun last Friday under the heading ‘The ‘burbs that buck the trend ‘. Quote – ‘ Data collated exclusively for the Herald Sun shows the top 10 areas for achieving peak median price over the past year ( 2010 ) . Torquay 30 per cent tops the list and sea-change competitor Sorrento 20 per Cent …………….’ The accompanying last quarter graph carries an asterisk rider * Fewer than 30 sales…..

 We would suggest this is in reference to settled sales as there were considerably more sales achieved in the last quarter of 2010 than 30. The report is of course great news for the market here and reflective of the future for property in Torquay, Jan Juc and surrounds. 30% appears high to us though we did have a run of top end sales from Oct to Nov 2011 which would have lifted the ‘middle sale ‘considerably. Median charts are probably more reliable over a longer period of time. Just the same – yet another Great reason to invest in this beautiful part of the Coast!

 Another busy weekend coming up with opens and booked inspections and please remember, if you can’t make it to an open, all our properties are available for inspection by appointment 7 days a week.

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Torquay Real Estate Open Home Inspections Feb 4 – 5

Greetings from the team at Great Ocean Road Real Estate, Torquay.

Where have all the people gone! …..yes , definitely quieter round town as holiday makers return to their homes, the kids go back to school and Mum and Dad back to work. A great season for us here in the holiday home rental market with vacancy rates very low and demand strong especially for those properties within close proximity to the beach. Great to see so many happy, smiling people dropping keys back having  enjoyed a lovely  time in Torquay or Juc.

This weekend we are conducting 18 open home for inspections and we have set up a mix of properties to give you the opportunity to inspect across all price ranges. Starting on Saturday morning from 11.00 AM we will present one of Torquay’s most affordable homes at 19 Warrin Street, Torquay and then work our way through the day with the final open for Saturday being 246 Grossman Road, Torquay – an outstanding residence on 1.5 beautifully established acres.

Stop press : Top new listing at 7 Sandy Way, Torquay . As new brick veneer with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, three living areas and a gorgeous deck with a northerly aspect. $ 540,000-560,000.

We look forward to seeing you on the Coast!

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Hope to see you on the Coast soon!

Torquay Real Estate Team members

Geoff Bennett:  0458 513 860, Laura Andrews:  0488 203 737