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New launches.

Every launch looks good in the brochure. The question is which one still looks good in five years. Wendy will tell you when the answer is none of them.

New launch development, artist's impression

Buying at launch

The brochure is the easy part.

At a launch you’re choosing under time pressure, against a queue, from a floorplan. That is exactly when it helps to have someone who has already done the arithmetic: the stack, the facing, the price PSF against the surrounding resale market, and the supply landing nearby before your keys do.

Wendy runs the same entry-and-exit analysis on a launch unit as on anything else. Sometimes that conversation ends with a recommendation to wait. That’s the point of asking.

What she checks before you ballot.

Four questions that decide whether a launch unit is a good buy or just a good-looking one.

i

Unit selection

Stack, facing, floor and layout efficiency. These are the differences that quietly decide resale demand long after the launch weekend.

ii

Price against the market

How the launch PSF sits against comparable resale nearby, and what that gap has to do before you break even.

iii

The supply pipeline

What else is completing in the same area on the same timeline, and what that does to rental and resale competition.

iv

Your holding power

Progressive payments, the gap before completion, and whether the plan still holds if rates or income move.

Launch and new-build previews.

Artist’s impressions. The finished article is what she’ll walk you through in person.

New landed terrace row, artist's impression
Landed terraces, artist’s impression
Development aerial view
Aerial view
Arrival court of a new development
Skye at Holland, artist’s impression

Her signature

Before you commit, stress-test it.

Wendy came to property from pharmacy and medical sales, fields where you check the numbers before you promise anything. Four questions is all it takes to start.

  • i
    Affordability, honestlyWhat the monthly commitment really looks like against your income.
  • ii
    Holding powerWhether the plan survives a rate rise or a change in circumstances.
  • iii
    Entry and exitThe window you’d be buying into, and the one you’d be selling out of.
  • iv
    Asset progressionWhere this move sits in the longer plan, not just this year.

Thinking about a launch?

Tell Wendy which one. She’ll come back with the analysis before the preview weekend, not after it.

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