In a sign of the times, and what must have been a difficult decision, REIWA (The Real Estate Institute of WA) has announced that today's Homebuyer magazine will be the last.
A fixture in the home buying scene for three decades, this full colour weekly glossy real estate magazine has fallen victim to the perpetual and inevitable shift of advertising dollars from print to online.
As REIWA President, Rob Druitt, noted "Closing the Homebuyer is like losing an old friend, but the reality is that more agents and most of the public are now using the internet to list properties for sale or to search for homes to buy."
aussiehome.com would like to salute the Homebuyer and REIWA (has any other Real Estate Institute published such a thing for such a sustained period of time?), and hold the publication with some affection (we get our copy sent to us every week). Some aussiehomers used the Homebuyer in the past to look for property, and some even advertised in it (those who had a former life as real estate agents).
Homebuyer, R.I.P. ...