Inside the 30 Crest Drive auction: the bid that stalled at $1.62M, the 45-minute negotiation that found another $130,000, and the family who almost missed the house entirely.

Multiple offers, multiple properties, one weekend that felt different. Billy Jaz on the Gold Coast lifestyle, buyer behaviour, and why the real conversations still happen face to face.

Listings are up 100%. Sales volumes are down 44%. Across Palm Beach, Elanora, Currumbin and Currumbin Waters, the role of the agent has changed.

Thirty-four years later, I stood in the same backyard. A childhood memory, a sold prior to auction for $1,305,000, and one of those full circle moments.

There's a term called analysis paralysis. It's when too many options and too much time actually make it harder to decide, and it's exactly what's happening with buyers right now.

Never in my 13 years of real estate have I seen this: buyers rarely answering follow-up calls anymore. Here's why, and what still cuts through.