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Caroline Zielinski

Caroline Zielinski

Caroline Zielinski is a property reporter at The Age.

Oliver Bruce auctions the Mary Street home.

Family pays $3.7 million for St Kilda West home

A St Kilda West house guided $225,000 below its reserve price sold for $3,725,000 in post-auction negotiations.

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Jenny Tate and her husband bought an apartment in Safety Beach after falling in love with the area during Covid lockdowns.

Melbourne suburbs where property values doubled fastest – and slowest

We often hear that property prices double every decade. But some neighbourhoods have taken nine years, and others 37.

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Since the pandemic, housing construction costs in Australia have jumped by 30 per cent, according to CoreLogic’s Cordell Construction Cost Index.

We were offered an abundant utopia. We got something much less

Imagine living in a comfortable home with tiny energy bills, the kitchen stocked with organic vegetables and succulent meat. Then think again.

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Christine Clark, a 56-year-old single mother, cannot afford to buy a house that suits her life following her divorce.

Christine owned a home. Then she separated and can’t buy back in. She’s not alone

The 56-year-old can’t rent-vest, her ex couldn’t buy her out and buying a family home is no longer an option.

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The type of negatively geared landlords who lose the most money

Some owners of an investment property are losing $6900 per year, but others have managed to lose less.

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An established family outbid a younger family at Saturday auctions to buy a four-bedroom home in Princes Hill, Melbourne’s inner-north.

Family pays $2.9m for a Princes Hill home in competitive auction

An established family paid $150,000 over reserve to secure the keys to a four-bedroom house in the sought-after suburb of Princes Hill.

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The Thornbury home failed to sell at auction, passing in at $1.5 million.

Thornbury home sells for $1.52m after auction to only bidder

A three-bedroom house in Melbourne’s inner-north, guided at $1.5 million, received one bid of $1.48 million during Saturday’s auction.

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Daniel Kinder and Ron Teodoro have bought a home in Collingwood.

‘Affordability is poor’: Melbourne house prices rise above $1.06m

Falling interest rates are pushing up property prices, and buyers are starting to worry they might get priced out of their preferred areas.

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Justin Flowers, a 52-year-old Maribyrnong local who runs his own graphic design business, cannot get a bank loan to buy an appropriate house for his family due to his age, but his savings prevent him from accessing other government assistance.

Justin has $300,000 in the bank but can’t get a home loan

He’s among many Australians getting closer to retirement who are trying to solve the puzzle of owning a home that suits their life.

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C.Sreet Projects has developed Australia’s first build-to-sell townhouses with Passivhaus certification.

The house that slashed its energy bills by 70 per cent

It’s warm in winter, whisper quiet, and has much lower energy bills – and there are more of its kind on the way.

  • Caroline Zielinski