Author: Michael Murray

A new service for many buyers' agents is 'Vendor's Advocacy". This is where a buyer's agent provides assistance to potential sellers butread more

Tower Holdings and First National have just released the first subdivision in Byron Bay for over 30 years.  Better known as Westread more

Occasionally, a sports team or political party need to take time out, regroup and rejuvenate. The old chestnut that those who cannotread more

A look inside the world of local Byron Bay real estate agent Travis Lipshus. Its not all popping champagne and big commissions.read more

Sales of luxury homes have hit an all-time high in 2021 and are expected to keep going into 2022. The Ray Whiteread more

Council Elections are upon us! December 4th is the day the shire elects a new council. This is an important election asread more

The lockdowns in large parts of NSW and Victoria have instilled uncertainty into the market. But underneath this, the demand and competitionread more

Here are a few videos and podcasts that I have found interesting. The online domain has become so cloudy and murky ofread more

Last year Byron hosted quite a few film and TV shoots.  Last month I wrote on how some of these productions wereread more

The number of people prepared to buy an expensive property sight-unseen has increased. This trend of buying a house sight unseen wasread more

Heidi Wald was strolling down East Hampton’s main beach one recent morning when something unusual caught her eye. “I looked down, as I’mread more

What's screening? Nine Perfect Strangers was just one of a number of film and TV productions shot here last year. It hasread more

Regional property markets across Australia and the United Kingdom are seeing a boom as urbanites re-evaluate their city lives during the pandemic.read more

Big vision changes in governments and bureaucracies move at a snail's pace. This is even more so in our neck of theread more

Byron blues: how mega-money and global exposure are changing an Australian paradise. Byron Bay: a place where homes sell in the multi-millionsread more

Over my many years as a buyer’s agent and time spent in the area, it is interesting to look back on Byronread more

Are you as confused about the Dunoon Dam issue as I am? I certainly was, so I read up on it andread more

Last month, BPS's very own Michael Murray was invited by Veronica and Chris of The Elephant in the Room to share hisread more

Here is more on our "Champagne Problem". The ongoing saga of our house price and rental situation has provided fodder for theread more

As everyone knows by now, Netflix is making a reality series based on the lives of "hot Instagrammers" in Byron Bay. Legionsread more

Gazumping is a term used when the seller of a property accepts an offer from a second buyer, after having already acceptedread more

In Australia, Hollywood Stars Have Found an Escape From the Virus. Who’s Jealous? Dozens of international film productions have been lured toread more

This is a housekeeping amendment that is currently before Council and is animating a lot of people I know so it needsread more

One potential solution to the national housing crisis is the “build to rent” model.  Build to rent housing is where a developerread more

(Some of this text and stats were adapted from an ABC online article) An influx of former Sydney residents combined with aread more

This time last year, I did an article on Short Term Rental Accommodation (STRA). Or, as it is most commonly known as read more

Housing trumps heritage as a derelict church in Marrickville is set to be knocked down for 54 affordable housing units after Innerread more

Resilient Byron is a community organisation that is developing tools and skills to help patch the gaps that will appear as weread more

Byron Bay is a long way from the sleepy coastal town it was a few decades ago. What's the Byron Bay tourismread more

The following piece is one provided by Jack Dodds, a young architect who grew up in Byron. He provides an angle fromread more