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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.
- by Caroline Zielinski
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‘Attractive place to live’: Sea-change towns in the million-dollar club
They have great natural amenities as well as features such as popular restaurants or in-demand schools, and prices are on the rise.
- by Shona Hendley
Anthony is trying to build a house. It comes with 86 conditions
The builder has seen regulations blow out over the years, making it harder to deliver affordable housing.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Kristy Johnson
Call for ‘desirable’ spare bedrooms to be taxed to help fix housing
More than 60 per cent of Australian households contain only one or two people, but new research shows most homes are family-sized.
- by Elizabeth Redman
We’re building 1.2m new homes, but we’re not using the homes we have
Work has started on speeding up the delivery of new home-building, but there are also options to put existing homes to better use.
- by Elizabeth Redman
How the stamp duty burden near-tripled in a generation
Stamp duty has risen faster than incomes over the past two and a half decades, slugging current home buyers with extra costs compared to a generation ago.
- by Elizabeth Redman
First home buyer makes aggressive bid to buy Thornbury property in less than a minute
A renovated, single-level unit in Thornbury sold for $1,040,000 in a competitive auction on Saturday which lasted for less than one minute.
- by Shona Hendley
Waterfront northern beaches home sells for $700k above $9 million reserve
Six families registered for a six-bedroom Mona Vale sandstone home with panoramic Pittwater views that went to auction.
- by Carmen Forward
Hundreds watch hammer come down as Sunnybank Hills home smashes record
An Afghan family with deep pockets has rewritten Sunnybank Hills’ record books after splashing $3.0735 million on a rare estate in a breakneck auction.
- by Sarah Webb
How Laura’s stylish house was built twice as fast as normal
She loves the level of finish on the family home with an ocean view and bush setting. But it’s what cannot be detected that is most exceptional.
- by Emily Power
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Sydney’s iconic wedding cake house is for sale for $9m
The waterfront home with classic colonnades and arches has hit the market for the first time since it was built.
- by Tawar Razaghi