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Episode #41 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Rachael Goldsworthy has a special message for you

30 December, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on when you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy checking in with you on the drive home to Hawkesbury, but at home today because, uh, we’re all on holidays and it is the festive season. Just wanted to share with you a special story. This is from a past client’s nana, which I received in [00:00:30] the mail. I feel as though I’ve been adopted, and she’s written, “To Rachael, um, with love at Christmas. From Nana”. She’s also given me a $20 scratchie, and $20 to spend on something that I would really like. So thank you Nana, I feel as though I have been adopted, and that is a really cute thing to receive.

It kind of reminds me of my grandparents, and this is actually a card from my great grandmother, uh, granny. And she sent me this card [00:01:00] that says, “Dear Rachael, merry Christmas. With love from Granny”. It reminds me of how important this time of year is to take time out to spend with the people that we love, because sometimes you don’t realise how important that moment is until it becomes a memory. So I just wanted to share with you to have a wonderful, wonderful Christmas period. I know Christmas is over, but we’re still in that festive period. We’re heading into the new year, and I hope [00:01:30] that you get to spend it with the people that you love, as I will be doing in the new year period.

So I just wanted to also say a big thank you. Thank you to everyone for supporting the business in 2016, it means a lot to me, and I do appreciate the opportunity to serve the local community. Take care of yourself over this festive period. All the best for the new year, I look forward to hearing from you and all your news in the new year, when we’re back in the office on the ninth of January. Take [00:02:00] care, and all the best.

EPISODE #40 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Open Home Sneak Peek

5 December, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on when you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy and welcome to episode 40 of The Drive Home to Hawkesbury. Today I wanted to talk to you about the property that we’ve got for lease on 6 Stephen Street.

Unfortunately a lot of people weren’t able to make it on the weekend, so I took the liberty [00:00:30] of taking a short video which I’ve attached for you to have a look through and if you’ve got any questions in regards to that property please don’t hesitate to give me a call.

Also remember, when you are looking at leasing a property, it’s always best to have the application ready to hand to the agent because that will go in good stead for you, and put as much information as you possibly can to make the reference processing, um, and application processing easier for the agent.

If you’ve got any questions in regards to [00:01:00] leasing your property or leasing a property, I’m always here to help in regards to real estate. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy and I look forward to catching up with you on the next video.

Episode #39: The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Free Letter From Santa Post Marked From The North Pole!

30 November, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening depending on when you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, and I’m checking in with you on episode 39 of the Drive Home to Hawkesbury. Today I wanted to offer you an early Christmas present. Can you believe that we’re only a matter of weeks away from Christmas now? No sooner are we over the tricks of Halloween, and we’re heading straight into decorating our homes for Christmas. [00:00:30] Lucky we had the opportunity to recharge with that beautiful energy from the Super Moon recently.

Talking about Christmas, I was lucky enough to be speaking with Santa’s elves, and they have some super exciting news that they wanted me to share with you. The elves said that Santa would love to send your children, (clicks tongue) your grandchildren, your co-workers, all your loved ones a letter postmarked from the North Pole. Now, here’s the scoop, people. Santa’s told the elves that if you’re request [00:01:00] a letter by Santa’s deadline he’s promised to deliver the letters out to your loved ones before Christmas Day arrives.

Here’s what you need to do. (clicks tongue) Look at the link below this video. Click the link, input your information, and all you need to do then is just start watching your mailbox for Santa’s letter to arrive. And by the way, there might be something a little bit extra eh- we will send to your loved one if you post a video of your special person getting their letter from Santa on your Facebook page. Because that would make me [00:01:30] really happy.

And also, don’t forget to share it on our Facebook page, Rachael Goldsworthy Realty, so we know who to send the special gift to. So, time to get into the Christmas spirit, people, and let’s do something nice for something you love, and for me. (laughs) Send those happy moments you capture on video or in photograph, I don’t mind, either format’s okay, of your loved one opening their mail from Santa, as this will really make my day. Thanks for watching, and I know it’s a little [00:02:00] bit in advance, however, Merry Christmas

Episode #38 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Rachael helps buyers and sellers with their questions on Real Estate in the Hawkesbury

28 November, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening dependent on when you are watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy checking in with you on episode 38 of the drive home to Hawkesbury. Today I’ve been asked a lot of questions from sellers and putting their house on the market during the holiday season, and whether they should or whether they shouldn’t.

[00:00:30] Today I’m going to share with you my seven top reasons why you should put your home on the market over the Christmas holidays.

Reason number one, your home shows better during the holiday season. Typically your home is decorated, it’s looking festive, and pretty and generally you’ve had a lot of visitors over. Family coming over because you’re entertaining over the Christmas time and your house is looking beautiful. And you’re taking good care of your home and typically it shows better during the holiday season.

Reason number two, there’s [00:01:00] less competition from other people putting their houses on the market. A lot of people are in the mindset of oh it’s the holidays, and yes you know we’ve all been there and you know I guess thinking we’ll wait til after the holidays are over, we’ll put our home on the market then in January when we’re not so busy. And I think everyone is thinking the same thing so immediately you’ve got less competition. This makes it a better time for you to put it on the market as opposed to going in the market in January when everyone else wants to put their home on the market. [00:01:30] Um, so you always want to get your home on the market when there’s less competition.

Reason number three, there are less buyers in the marketplace which you might say well that’s not a very good thing if there’s less buyers however, whilst there may be less buyers out there, the people that really want to inspect the home during the holidays and they’re serious buyers. And ultimately that means that they’re going to … You’re going to have to show your home less over the period as opposed to winter and when you do show the home it will be with those motivated [00:02:00] buyers that really want to move now and get into the next house.

Reason number four, after the-, after the holidays, you can see that there’s no edits on this … Historically speaking the uh, mindset the holidays are over and they’re putting their home on the market which increases the choices of properties available for buyers so more typically in the new year, there may be a lower demand for your home. And there’s more competition which equates to a lower sale price for you.

So, there’s my top four reasons [00:02:30] why the holidays are a good time to list your home. So if you want to get the report and the reasons for the other three on the holiday season, reach out to me via text or email in the links posted below in this video and I’d be happy to help you.

Thanks so much for watching. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy wishing you all the very best for the holiday season.

Episode #34 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – How to identify growth suburbs and win with Property

13 July, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening depending on when you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy and I’m checking in with you on the drive home to Hawkesbury. Today is State of Origin. I’m wearing the right colour I believe, but I’m walking around in Queensland with the wrong colour. But [00:00:30] I don’t mind because I’m proud of my heritage from New South Wales.

Anyway, I just wanted to check in with you with the State of Origin because it’s all about backing the right team, isn’t it? And it’s the same thing with houses. When you’re looking for the right house you want to make sure you back the right suburb. So I’ve put together a couple of ideas for you as I was driving around some of the newer subdivisions in the Queensland area, around Jimboomba, and a few other suburbs close by … Flagstone. There’s a few new [00:01:00] housing developments that are coming up, but interestingly all of those developments are built around infrastructure. So, what you’re looking at when you’re backing a suburb, or wanting to buy the right suburb, is a number of things, and it’s not limited to these things. But, equally, what is important is amenities because when you’re looking at resale people want to know that there’s particular shops or there’s particular rail lines, or there’s particular schools for the kids. Additionally there’s other things [00:01:30] that would come into play such as motorways. It’s important for people to access their workplaces or get around fairly easily with the transport or the local bus way system.

Uh, people also look for parks and play areas for the kids, whether there’s skate parks or whether there’s BMX tracks, or whether there’s local trails in the bush that kids can walk, or, say for example the bike tracks that are along Windsor Road leading into Windsor and run all [00:02:00] the way through to Rouse Hill. So that’s quite a popular one within the Hawkesbury area. Uh, we also have the pleasure of living near the Hawkesbury River. So that comes with it so many water activities that we can enjoy there. So, think of all of those things when you’re looking at backing the right suburb and that will put you in good stead.

Well good luck with the State of Origin tonight. I hope your team wins and you also back the right suburb wherever you may be buying your house. Equally if you’ve got any questions [00:02:30] or comments in regards to property in the Hawkesbury or other otherwise I’d be more than happy to assist you with that. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy and I look forward to catching up with you on the next video.

Episode #33 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – June Housing Report comments from Dr A Wilson

11 July, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on what time you’re watching this video. My name is Rachael Goldsworthy, and I’m just checking in with you on the drive home to Hawkesbury, in a different location from Queensland today. Last week I was lucky enough to catch up with Dr. Andrew Wilson from the Domain Property Group. He was kind enough to share his thoughts on the June quarter, and I thought that they’re really interesting, and I thought I’d share them with you. The Sydney median house price is edging closer to that million dollars, so that’s quite exciting for us. It’s at 995,804. Units, interestingly enough are a little bit shy of that number at 656,166.

The overall of the snapshot is that we are experiencing a lower number investors in the marketplace. Equally, we’ve got historically, the lowest interest rates that we’ve ever experienced. It’s really interesting, yet again, that the investors make up 44.3% of the marketplace, and that Parramatta is experiencing a higher vacancy rate than most. The vacancy rate across Sydney is 1.8 for houses, and it’s actually 2.2 for units. Sydney yield cycles, for Sydney are 4.1, and equally houses is 3.3. The outlook for the remainder of this year is good news for the property market with the lower interest rates predicted, and equally a 2% growth forecast.

I’m going to leave you with some local images from the Scenic Rim with the hot air balloons rising in the background, which landed in one of the local vineyards and had some breakfast there. Equally you can do that in the Hawkesbury. It’s a great thing to do. Cloud Nine run the hot air ballooning in the Hawkesbury. If you have any questions in regards to the Hawkesbury property or any of the reports, or the details of the reports I’ve given you, more than happy to chat about property. Look forward to hearing from you soon.

I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, and I look forward to catching up with you then.