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Price Estimation in your suburb or town!

PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

1. Get a copy of a real estate catalogue (the one that lists the houses for sale in your local area) or use Allhomes.com.au

All Homes

 
2. Go through the houses from your local area and see what factors contribute to the price of the house. For example, the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, block size, where the house is situated, etc. Develop a table showing the best price to the lowest price - see the sales history pages on Allhomes. What other factors do you think help a house sell for more? Can you see where the differences lie?

3. Look at the houses yet to be sold in your suburb or town. Read a description of a house and view the photos. Estimate the price and check after it is sold to see how close you were to the price the house went for.  

4. Get used to the real estate 'lingo' and write up a description for your own house using this terminology. What price would you estimate your home to go for?

 

Advice on Selling a Property: Developing a Checklist of the Tips and Tricks!

 MiddleMiddle High SchoolSecondary

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

 

1. Go to the following websites to get ideas and advice on the tips and tricks of selling a house:

Realestate.com.au

Realestate
LJ Hooker

LJ Hooker
Better Homes & Gardens

BHG
The Living Room

The Living Room
Houzz

2. From all the tips and tricks presented, develop a checklist. Make sure that the list is only 1 - 2 pages in length. Share with a partner. Are there any tips that are more importantly than others? Put them in order of importance - importance in selling a house.

3. Beautify the checklist so you can hand it out to prespective "clients".  Use Canva

Canva brochure

4. With a critical eye, use your checklist on your own home - both inside and outsite. What things would need:

  • Painting?

  • Replacing?

  • De-cluttering?

  • Re-decorating?

  • Cleaning?

  • Redesigning?

  • Restyling?

5. Can you estimate the cost of these changes? How much more value will you add to your home if you make these changes?

 

Airbnb - the Disruptor in the Rental Market

High SchoolSecondary

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

 

1. The rental market is a strong part of a Real Estate Agent's portfolio.

A new player (one from 2008) Airbnb has come onto the scene.

Airbnb is a peer-to-peer online marketplace and homestay network that enables people to list or rent short-term lodging in residential properties, with the cost of such accommodation set by the property owner.

The company receives percentage service fees from both guests and hosts in conjunction with every booking. It has over 2,000,000 listings in 34,000 cities and 191 countries. Airbnb was founded in August 2008, is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is privately owned and operated. (Source: Wikipedia)

Look at the Airbnb website

Airbnb

and this YouTube: Airbnb: A Life Changing Story By Danny Papineau
https://youtu.be/YJB31JAxcuY

 

2. What strategies could you think of to contain the effect of Airbnb on your "patch"?

3. Read the following article from The Conversation 16 September 2016 Reading

The Conversation

This article poses three questions:

  • What opportunities and dangers does the platform present?

  • What are the implications of repurposing existing residential infrastructure for short-term accommodation?

  • What happens when the global “sharing economy” meets a city’s suburbs?

4. Discussion

What is your response to these questions? Discuss and share with a partner.

 

Websites, Games & Apps

Play this free online game called Real Estate Empire

PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

 


Real Estate Empire
Houseflip - see how you go as a real estate agent

PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability



Houseflip

Monopoly (Mobile App)

PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability


Price: US$4.99
Developer:
Electronic Arts

Monopoly App

WebQuests for Community & Health

 

Conversion of an old WebQuest: Flipping a House

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Critical
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability


1. Go to the Web Archive (you will only be able to do this at home as the Archive is restricted in schools)

2. Add the
Flipping a House URL: http://www.fcswebquests.colostate.edu/webquests/house_flipping.htm
into the box provided.

3. Convert this old WebQuest into a new one with new listings of websites and maybe activities by using one of the many website builders.  

4. Send to On the Job the new URL for your new WebQuest




Flipping a House WebQuest

 

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