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48 Howe Crescent, South Melbourne VIC 3205

Young family pays $5.59m for historic South Melbourne terrace

The home was designed by the architect responsible for Melbourne Grammar and the South Melbourne Town Hall.

  • by Shona Hendley
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.

  • by Caroline Zielinski

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Rising rents make it harder to save for a home.

The modest type of housing where rents have soared

Landlords are asking tenants to find hundreds of dollars more a week for the same properties than they were a few years ago.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
22 Wright Street, Balmoral

Former Brisbane Lions CEO sells beloved Balmoral property

Meanwhile, in Bulimba, a tri-level terrace home sold for $2.6 million - netting its owners an almost $700,000 profit in just two years.

  • by Sarah Webb
2/125 Mount Street, Coogee

Mum and dad help son buy $1,195,000 Coogee one-bedder

Six bidders registered for the auction of the art deco apartment, including first home buyers and investors.

  • by Carmen Forward and Elizabeth Redman
48 Howe Crescent, South Melbourne VIC 3205

Young family pays $5.59m for historic South Melbourne terrace

The home was designed by the architect responsible for Melbourne Grammar and the South Melbourne Town Hall.

  • by Shona Hendley
La Palma is the Palm Beach holiday home rental of recruitment boss Jason Johnson.

Beach house that earns $450,000 a year sold for $11.3 million

The luxe renovated Mediterranean-inspired residence has been sold to a Sydney family planning to use it as a holiday home.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
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.

  • by Caroline Zielinski
Investors bought the North Ryde home.

Investors nab $2.6m North Ryde time warp, sparing it from wrecking ball

Nine parties registered for the auction and most intended to raze it and build a new home. Instead, it will be rented out.

  • by Emily Power
The Mosman trophy home of Bridget Yorston with an $18 million price guide.

Bec + Bridge fashion designer lists Mosman home for $18 million

The Queen Anne Federation house was built around 1910 and has been immaculately reinvented since.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
Dilbag Singh Jivan and his wife Gagandeep Kaur, with daughter Nadar Kaur Sandhu, and Jivan’s parents, father Mukand Singh Sandhu and mother Kuldeep Kaur.

Sydney suburbs where property values doubled fastest – and slowest

Do properties really double in price every decade? Analysis shows some shot up much faster, while others took 26 years to hit the mark.

  • by Kristy Johnson
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.

  • by Caroline Zielinski
40 Goldsmith Street, Elwood VIC 3184

Our seven favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

From a terrace in one of Melbourne’s dress-circle spots to a near-new canalside house, we’ve rounded up the best properties on the market.

  • by Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
35 Bakers Road, Church Point NSW 2105

The best properties on the market in Sydney and surroundings right now

Sweeping ocean views and perfectly preserved heritage details are the hallmarks of this week’s best properties for sale in Sydney.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
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.

  • by Caroline Zielinski
The Byron Shire has a median house price of $1.5 million.

‘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
Builder Anthony Malone just got approval to build a home - with 86 conditions.

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
Australia has many small households, but not many one-bedroom homes.

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
27 Lisson Grove, Hawthorn VIC 3122

Our seven favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a romantic 1880s house with heritage details to a waterfront home with a pontoon and sports bar, we’ve rounded up our top picks.

  • by Kate Farrelly and Mary O'Brien
As housing costs rise, more people move in together.

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
Stamp duty discourages some home owners from moving for job opportunities because the costs buying and selling a property are so large, Domain says.

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
The Thornbury unit’s extra land was a drawcard for prospective buyers, said selling agent Luke Brizzi from McGrath Northcote.

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
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