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Author Archives: John Sexton

3 Top Tips to get the Best Valuation for your Home

Sometimes (though thankfully not often), a home will not value at the price it has sold for, causing the contract to crash or negotiations to re-open. We’ve put together a list of the three top tips so that when the …

Finalist in the 2012 Advertiser realestate.com.au Awards for Excellence in Real Estate

Our Property Management Department has been selected as a Finalist in the 2012 Advertiser realestate.com.au Awards for Excellence in Real Estate. Nominated in the Property Management Agency ( Residential Small) category, it is pleasing to see this recognition for our …

Mount Barker Zonings & Policy areas

For those people who are looking at land division or a change of use for a property and want to do their initial research in their own time, a very useful resource is the Development Plans for individual Councils. For …

Orchid Notes – South Australia’s Native Orchids

For those with an interest in Native Vegetation and particularly Native Orchids a new website with a focus on Native Orchids called OrchidNotes is an exceptional resource! Have a look through today! http://orchidnotes.wordpress.com/ Congratulations & Thank you to the people …

Adelaide Hills & Mount Barker Real Estate Mapping Resources.

  As part of the due diligence process when appraising properties,  agents use mappings services to obtain an overview of a property, its location and surrounds. There are 5 sites that we at RE/MAX Hills & Country use.  – Property …

RE/MAX International

One of the underlying strengths of RE/MAX is that it truly is an International Network. With RE/MAX operating in 86 countries around the world many purchasers who come to our area from overseas are familiar with the brand. Our real …

APREC 2011 in Kuala Lumpur

I am a member of the International Real Estate Federation FIABCI and was recently in Malaysia attending the APREC 2011. Government & Industry experts provided insights into the individual real estate markets in the Asia Pacific region to real estate …

Solar Systems in Contracts

With an increasing percentage of properties in South Australia having Solar Power systems installed the following article by Penny Erskine from Conveyancing Matters  is quite timely!  While thousands of South Australian households have installed solar panels in recent years, there …

Due diligence when buying land!

Building on blocks of land is much more complicated than it ever was with a myriad of government & developer controls applying in certain areas. Established to set the framework under which building may take place, they may not always …

James Sexton ranked 16th in the World for RE/MAX International!

James Sexton ranked 16th in the World for RE/MAX International and No 1 In Australia for July 2011!   RE/MAX is a real estate phenomenon that operates in 85 Countries from 6,287 Offices with 88,444 Sales Associates and hence James’s …