Selling
Top selling guides
How to renovate your property for profit
RENOVATING for profit is about adding more value than the cost of the improvements. Here are six tips to help set you up for success.
Find the right agent for a tough market
IT"S harder to sell a home in a softer property market which means the agent you choose should have the skills to get results.
Marketing your property
THERE are various tools available to make marketing a home easy and successful.
Latest selling news
Ex-PM's house a hit online
HAVE A PEEK: ONLINE views for Julia Gillard's recently listed Altona house have soared far above those normally seen in the area.
Perfect house ... if you don't mind dusting
BARGAIN house that just won't sell because every nook and cranny is crammed with knick-knacks.
Mansion has it all for $13.8m
IT is the ultimate in rural opulence - a home with a helipad, cinema, and enough room to build your own golf course.
How to make ANY home irresistible
FIND out which interior features are most likely to close the deal on a home sale.
Buy your own Breaking Bad house
A VENDOR who is spruiking a property as "ideal for drug making", has been accused of breaking bad taste rules.
Disney sells homes at theme park
IT'S called the happiest place on earth, but would you want to live at Disneyland? Plenty of people do, paying up to $7m to own a home in the theme park.
Gillard's house for sale
JULIA Gillard lost out on The Lodge and now she's moving out of Altona, putting her house on the market, after she decided to move to Adelaide.
Most expensive celebrity homes
RANGING from $10 million to $72.5 million, here are some of the priciest celebrity pads on the market.
Aussie acreage stunner to US shocker
VIDEO: THIS week's Hot Homes goes gentrified with a trip to a slice of Southern Highlands heaven.
Inside Michael Jordan's palace
MICHAEL Jordan's mansion is an absolute whopper even by superstar standards, and it could be yours for a fortune.
Taking care of business with astrology
THERE are certain weeks of the year that psychics consider not the best for business. If you believe in astrology, now is not the time to buy or sell a home.
Auctions win even bigger sales
AUCTION clearance rates across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are even higher than reported when post auction sales are included.
Beyonce fever adds to house price
A PENSIONER has discovered a celebrity link to a house can boost its value after Beyonce graced the porch of her home.
Australia's wackiest real estate agent
A REAL estate agent has turned rapper, actor - even sports star - in a series of tongue-in-cheek videos to help sell homes.
Victoria set for record auction day
MORE than 1500 auctions will take place across Melbourne this weekend - a record. So what's exciting vendors? We asked the experts. | Map: Every auction listed
Labour of love brings history alive
WHEN a couple decided to buy a derelict property that had become home to wild animals, their family and friends thought the duo had lost the plot.
Piece of iconic Australia up for sale
A LARGE chunk of Great Ocean Rd real estate is up for grabs when 21 properties go under the hammer.
Sellers sitting pretty in key market
MELBOURNE'S homeowners are back in the driver's seat as the property market shifts gear to a sellers' market.
Margaret Olley's terrace up for sale
IT LOOKS like any other Sydney terrace but when Margaret Olley's home goes on the market, buyers will be vying for a slice of Australian history.
Property values after murder, disaster
HOW do you account for the loss in property value of a murder, disaster or cult activity? You consult an appraiser like Randall Bell.
Eight steps to boost home values
STAR of the small screen and interior design queen, Shaynna Blaze gives her shortlist of inexpensive tricks to add thousands of dollars at sale time.
Landmark mansion on market for $15m
ONE of the original grand homes of Mosman has been brought back to life, rescued by a woman with true passion.
Thorpedo's LA home up for sale
IAN Thorpe is selling his Hollywood hills home which is being flogged by an agent as the property John Lennon once slept in.
Hot Homes with Prue Miller
VIDEO: IN this weeks Hot Homes we go from an $8 million estate in Warawee, to the blissful, billabong life in Jilliby.
Feng shui secrets to sell your home
LURE prospective home buyers by engaging their senses. Property psychic Elisabeth Jensen explains how.
Buy your own island, live like a star
AN Australian island used by Hollywood celebrities is up for sale. Find out where it is, and how much you need to fork out for it.
NYC's most expensive apartments
DO you have a spare $50 million to spend on an apartment in one of the most coveted destinations in the world? Find out how the other half live.
Fallen financier’s $37m home sells for $7m
AN embattled entrepreneur’s mansion, once valued at $37 million, sells for$7.35 million, barely more than the land is worth.
Hewitt’s mansion empty for years
SEE inside Lleyton Hewitt’s long-time vacant mansion for the first time, as his family puts it back on the market.