Sydney house prices

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Falling house prices quickly dampen the appetite to spend.

Only quickest first home buyers to benefit from expanded 5 per cent deposit scheme

The scheme, which has been brought forward by three months, is likely to drive up house prices.

  • Millie Muroi and Shane Wright

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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.

  • Carmen Forward and Elizabeth Redman
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.

  • Tawar Razaghi
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.

  • Emily Power
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.

  • Kristy Johnson
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.

  • Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
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The act of bastardry that’s hurting young generations

Australians have a tax and welfare system that’s one of the envies of the world. But it’s also transferring masses of wealth to our older generations.

  • Shane Wright
68 Rednal Street, Mona Vale NSW 2103

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.

  • Carmen Forward
The wedding cake home is for sale.

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.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Rebecca Borkman and her partner Byron Tolley are among the thousands of Australians counting the cost of misleading price guides.

This couple spent $500 trying to buy their dream home. They never stood a chance

More than 5550 people told this masthead’s Bidding Blind investigation that they had spent money and time investigating properties that they would later discover they could not afford.

  • Aisha Dow