The market activity has been excellent in the last 9 months and we have come through the Global Financial Crisis. With continued buyer enquiry and sales we are now starting to see consistent sales back in the middle to top-end. Although the demand in the Bellarine and areas closer to Melbourne have been steady through the last 2 years, the last 6-9 months has seen a resurgence of buyers back to Apollo Bay and surrounding regions. With the bi-partisan government announcements on the road extension to Colac and the excellent value that the Apollo Bay market offers, combined with an increasing demand on the populations of Melbourne, Apollo Bay is certainly well positioned to continue to be a great investment and coastal holiday destination.

Open Houses this weekend

LORNE
Saturday 28th August
1:00pm – 1:30pm 14a Charles Street, Lorne

TORQUAY
Open houses this weekend
Saturday 28th August
11:00am – 11:30am 27 Longshore Street, Torquay
12:00pm – 12:30pm 3/9 Ozan Crescent, Jan Juc
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1540 Anglesea Road, Bellbrae
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3 Nestor Court, Torquay
Sunday 29th August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 7 Loch Lomond Crescent, Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 2/153 The Esplanade, Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 2/3 Hoylake Avenue, Jan Juc
2:00pm – 2:30pm 1/3 Hoylake Avenue, Jan Juc

Forthcoming Auctions
4/28 Moore Street, Apollo Bay Sunday 26th of Sep @ 1:00 pm
27 Longshore Street, TORQUAY Saturday 9th of Oct @ 11:00 am
1540 Anglesea Road, BELLBRAE Saturday 9th of Oct @ 3:00 pm

See you on the coast.

The fifth transaction in excess of $1,000,000 in Sep/Wye River since January 2010, occurred this week. One of three “off market” negotiations that took place this week!

The other two to be contracted in the next 48 hours but have acceptable terms to both parties.

PRIME LIFESTYLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY – OLD LORNE ROAD OLIVES
Old Lorne Road Olives is a successful working olive farm and award winning restaurant, serving the best locally produced food and wine including a 3 bedroom owner’s residence in a beautifully picturesque setting amongst the olive trees and rolling hills of Deans Marsh. More details here.

Open Houses this weekend

APOLLO BAY
Saturday 21st August
2:00pm -3:00pm 15 Cawood Street, Apollo Bay

LORNE
Saturday 21st August
1:00pm – 1:30pm 14a Charles Street, Lorne

TORQUAY
Saturday 21st August
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street, Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 27 Longshore Street, Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1540 Anglesea Road, Bellbrae
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3A Nestor Court, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3 Nestor Court, Torquay
Sunday 22nd August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 7 Loch Lomond Crescent, Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street, Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 27 Longshore Street, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 2/153 The Esplanade, Torquay

Forthcoming Auctions
27 Longshore Street, TORQUAY Saturday 9th of Oct @ 11:00 am
1540 Anglesea Road, BELLBRAE Saturday 9th of Oct @ 3:00 pm
4/28 Moore Street, Apollo Bay Sunday 26th of Sep @ 1:00 pm

See you on the coast.

The year’s biggest winner was the Surf Coast Shire, which had a median price increase of 29% to $600,000. According to this month’s Herron Todd White Westpac property report, prices for vacant land in regional Victoria remain strong, due to a lack of supply and increase in demand.

Open Houses this weekend

LORNE
Saturday 14th August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 5B Richardson Boulevard Lorne
1:00pm – 1:30pm 14A Charles Street Lorne

TORQUAY
Saturday 14th August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 14 Rosedale Drive Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1540 Anglesea Road Bellbrae
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 27 Longshore Street Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3 Nestor Court Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3A Nestor Court Torquay

Sunday 15th August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 7 Loch Lomond Crescent Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1 Longshore Street Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 27 Longshore Street Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 8 Watersun Road Jan Juc

Keep in touch.

On the Real Estate front, we continue to appraise numerous properties of which many are being listed for sale but won’t be marketed until September school holidays.

They can be inspected and indeed contracted for those buyers actively looking to secure a house prior to the usual Spring / Summer madness.

Open houses this weekend

LORNE
Saturday 7th August
1:00pm – 1:30pm 14a Charles Street, Lorne

TORQUAY
Saturday 7th August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 14 Rosedale Drive, Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 21 Conside Crescent, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3 Nestor Court, Torquay
Sunday 8th August
12:00pm – 12:30 3/9 Ozan Crescent, Jan Juc
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1540 Anglesea Road, Bellbrae
2:00pm – 2:30pm 2/153 The Esplanade, Torquay

Forthcoming Auction
4/28 Moore Street, Apollo Bay Sunday 26th of Sep @ 1:00 pm

See you on our coast.

These days however, with the differences between the major parties less obvious than in days gone by, we are less likely to see too much nervousness from buyers. This certainly seems the case at present with very strong sales results in recent weeks from all our areas of operation from Torquay to Apollo Bay.

Open houses this weekend

AIREYS INLET
Sunday 1st August
2:00pm – 2:30pm 4 Sutherland Court, Moggs Creek

APOLLO BAY
Saturday 31st July
12:00pm -12:45pm 15 Cawood Street, Apollo Bay
Sunday 1st August
12:00pm -12:45pm 15 Cawood Street, Apollo Bay

LORNE
Saturday 31st July
1:00pm – 1:30pm 14a Charles Street, Lorne

TORQUAY
Saturday 31st July
12:00pm – 12:30pm 14 Rosedale Drive, Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 21 Conside Crescent, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3 Nestor Court, Torquay
Sunday 1st August
11:00am – 11:30am 1 Longshore Street, Torquay
12:00pm – 12:30pm 8 Watersun Road, Jan Juc
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1540 Anglesea Road, Bellbrae
2:00pm – 2:30pm 2/153 The Esplanade, Torquay

See you in Our Backyard.

You see, Great Ocean Road Real Estate is doing practically everything differently – innovative and results-based products and services with extended office hours.
Even our offices are different. They are colourful, open and inviting. Not words you usually associate with a real estate office. In fact, you don’t feel like you are in a real estate office at all. It’s little wonder we have been the Great Ocean Roads leading agency for many years.

What’s the Point?
Great Ocean Road Real Estate has undertaken a large network expansion with 4 strategically positioned offices along the Great Ocean Road with plans to have further expansions, also networking the largest accommodation portal in coastal Victoria; http://www.greatoceanroadholidays.com.au/

Why?
The answer is simple. Great Ocean Road Real Estate believes it’s time to change; it’s time to challenge the markets on the West Coast of Victoria. It’s time to make real estate a HAPPY experience. Which starts at grassroots – with the internal culture, the training and the people.

As Directors, we acknowledge the most important element is sustaining growth in our people who are at the heart of everything we do. We see our people as a big investment because, without them, our happy real estate vision cannot become reality.

That’s all good but you can’t make people feel happy at work, or can you?
Great Ocean Road Real Estate employees enjoy a competitive salary, incentives, benefit packages and flexible hours. Then add to that a culture of “Happy People”.
Lauren Nicholls, Sales Admin, is living proof that the Great Ocean Road Real Estate happy real estate philosophy works. “I came to Great Ocean Road Real Estate because I was getting increasingly fed up with work. I had spent years at other agencies and I’d had enough. I wasn’t enjoying coming in every day. But it couldn’t be more different at Great Ocean Road Real Estate. It’s fun, I’m enjoying work again” Lauren said.
“Things were different from day one. For instance, my training was unlike anything I’ve experience before. It was incredibly comprehensive, but it was fun too. We got up to all sorts of things, like seminars, conferences and internal training, all around Australia”. But what about day-to-day life? Surely after a while the daily grind is the same? “Not at all” Lauren insists. “The new offices don’t just look different, they feel different. Less stressful and more enjoyable for us and our clients. I like being there. I mean, you don’t usually hear people laughing in a traditional old fashioned real estate office, do you? It’s not just about the offices though” Lauren continued. “It’s the whole cultural package. You always feel supported, our Directors and Managers regularly work with us, not to check up on us or anything, just to say hi and make sure we are ok. And that we’ve got everything we need. You feel like you can talk to them. Again, something I haven’t really experienced before. So yes, it’s fun. It’s a happy environment and it’s an incredibly exciting thing to be part of”. Making the whole Great Ocean Road Real Estate experience from employee to customer, a happy one.

For all your real estate needs, come and enjoy the experience that both our people and, most importantly, our valued clients feel!

Open Houses this weekend

AIREYS INLET
Saturday 24th July
10:00am – 11:00am Lot 28 Narani Way, Fairhaven
1:00pm – 1:30pm 2 Yarringa Road, Fairhaven
Sunday 25th July
10:00am – 11:00am Lot 28 Narani Way, Fairhaven
2:00pm – 2:30pm 4 Sutherland Court, Moggs Creek
3:00pm – 3:30pm 53 Great Ocean Road, Aireys Inlet

APOLLO BAY
Saturday 24th July
12:00pm -12:45pm 15 Cawood Street, Apollo Bay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 2B Murray Street, Apollo Bay
Sunday 25th July
12:00pm -12:45pm 15 Cawood Street, Apollo Bay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 20 Seeberg Court, Apollo Bay

LORNE
Saturday 24th July
1:00pm – 1:30pm 14a Charles Street, Lorne

TORQUAY
Saturday 24th July
11:00am – 11:30am 1 Longshore Street, Torquay
12:00pm – 12:30pm 14 Rosedale Drive, Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 21 Conside Crescent, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3 Nestor Court, Torquay
Sunday 25th July
12:00pm – 12:30pm 7 Loch Lomond Crescent, Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1540 Anglesea Road, Bellbrae
2:00pm – 2:30pm 2/153 The Esplanade, Torquay