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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
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
Anthony is trying to build a house. It comes with 86 conditions
- by Elizabeth Redman and Kristy Johnson
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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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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