Buying Tips

1. Speak with your financier or your Finance Consultant to arrange the best loan to suit your needs. 2. Prepare a short list of preferred suburbs that suit your lifestyle, bearing in mind affordability and accommodation requirements. 3. Research sales in those preferred suburbs. Inspect every property in your preferred suburb so you have a feel for the prices. Attend all open homes in the area. 4. Develop a relationship with one of our professional team who specialise in your preferred area. Your Hunter Valley Real Estate Sales Consultant will be able to advise you of any additional information you may need and also inform you how you can register on our website to automatically receive notification of any new listings that hit the market. 5. When you find a property that suits your requirements, ask to view the property  6. If you are considering making an offer, we recommend that you contact your Hunter Valley Real Estate Sales Consultant promptly who can guide you if you are in any way unsure of the process. 7. When you find a property and have had an offer accepted ask your agent to send a copy of the sale contract to your solicitor or conveyancer. 8. Your solicitor can arrange a building and pest inspection to make sure you are aware of any possible major defects. 9. Following your solicitors or conveyancer's advice on the sale contract and taking into consideration the building reports, you are now able to make an informed decision to proceed with the purchase of the property. 10. Once negotiations have been finalised, you will be required to sign the sale contract and pay a 10% deposit. Your deposit will be held in a trust account until settlement. At settlement, contracts will then be unconditionally exchanged. 11. Prior to the day of settlement it is advisable that you do a final inspection before settlement takes place. This is to ensure that the property is in the same condition as when you last inspected it, and that all inclusions are as per the contract you signed. 12. On the day the settlement takes place the agent will need to receive an order on the agent from the solicitor / conveyancer before they can issue you with the keys, so ensure the agent has a relevant phone number for you so you can be informed as to when the keys will be available.