vic park life

Once a year the Baston and Co. FJ Cruiser (and I) get to go camping 😊. With Isaac and Alice holding fort, I slipped out the door late on a Saturday afternoon. A group of four mates, three cars, one week and 4,200 plus kilometres from Perth to the East Pilbara, and back. We certainly ticked…Read More→

The ATO has announced that rental income declarations and deductions will be one of its key priorities this tax season, so it’s more important than ever that Perth property investors get their tax affairs in order. Here are five key areas that every landlord needs to consider this EOFY. 1. Remember to declare all income generated

What isn’t happening!? Everyone I talk to is in an unprecedented position.  Never before have they been so short staffed, have costs been so high and have time frames to deliver been so long.In fact most buying conversations centre around the ‘how long’ not the ‘how much’. This is truly an inflationary environment where the value of

Whether it’s Easter bunnies or Easter bilbys or even chickens, our Team are wishing you all a safe and happy Easter break. Please travel safely and remember that double demerits are in place this weekend. Lee, Derek, Isaac, Alice and Rickie xx

What incentive is there?   It appears the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Against this tide of tragedy and woe, our little life raft of positivity in Western Australia is a beacon of hope. The uncertainty in Eastern Europe continues to apply upward price pressure to commodities. Our state’s engine room is driven by the

The Perth market is like a simmering pot.  Bubbling along with a steady flame underneath. It should have burnt out long ago but our market continues to pop and bubble, full of life and heat. Most recently the investors have come back, adding even more fuel to the fire. ‘Mums and Dads’, with cheap borrowed

First it was 5th of February, that didn’t happen, but after two long years our esteemed Premier has seen fit to open up WA and unleash us to the rest of the country.  For 697 days we have been locked away in our hermit state here in WA, kept away from family, struggling to maintain

It has been over a year since I joined Baston & Co. Property and it has been busy.  Over 80 sales and hundreds of offers. I am told this isn’t “real” real estate. That it is not normal to have multiple offers on almost every listing and being swarmed with people in home opens. Although

The State Government’s decision to cancel the planned WA border reopening on 5 February elicited many mixed emotions. We take a look at what can we expect for the Perth property market when the border does reopen. Perth property market update Home prices here in Perth rose by 13.1 per cent last year, according to