Hey, my name is Andrew Duncan.
On my blog, you will find real estate tips, advice and market commentary, along with articles about climate change, plant-based food, personal finance and travel. I love working with nice people, solving problems and living in Wellington, NZ.
UPDATED: May, 2020 Learning how to negotiate while buying and selling real estate is a tricky business. The process can be full of traps that you can’t be expected to know about as most people only enter the market every 5-7 years. If you only rode a bike, drove a car or swung a golf club every 7 years you…
Let me guess – your salesperson promised you the world and bought you an atlas? What constitutes enough of a reason to fire them and start over? Let’s discuss the 7 signs you need to fire your real estate agent, and how to do it. Did you know… When you sign a listing authority, giving salesperson Sally Lotaleads permission to market…
Tenders have become a popular way of selling residential real estate. In fact, Tender is the selling method of choice in some parts of New Zealand, particularly Wellington. As a buyer, trying to buy a home via Tender can feel like a total crapshoot. You pick a price to offer, without knowing what other buyers are putting down, you stick…
This is a busy market! As a buyer you have more choice than we have seen for quite some time. This can create problems however, like how to get around 10 houses in 1 Sunday afternoon! And once you have seen what’s for sale – how do you choose which home to make an offer on? Firstly, since most properties are still…
