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Knight Frank: Sydney is Australia's multi-millionaire capital
LUCY MACKEN It's not your imagination, there are a lot of very rich people here.
Big money sought for mammoth Toorak estate
Emily Power and Marc Pallisco An overseas investor who agreed to pay $12m has pulled out.
Sydney apartment where murder committed passed in at auction
150-unit retirement development for Kambah
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Capital growth
The Sydney Boom-o-meter: does your house earn more than you?
JENNIFER DUKE A new calculator allows you to work out whether your home brings in more bread than you do.
Auction result surge
Melbourne auction results at five-year high as Middle Park house sells $1.8 million over reserve
Andrew Wilson, Alice Stolz and Alistair Walsh An 1880s knock-down vaporised its reserve as the market hit its strongest point since 2010.
Property tax
Vendor duty: Greens' plan to tackle housing bubble under attack
JENNIFER DUKE Vendor duty is back on the table.
Celebrity homes
Michael and Kyly Clarke selling sprawling Round Hill estate for $6.5 million
Effie Mann Just two years after Australian cricket captain and his wife purchased a sprawling 93-hectare estate in the Southern Highlands, the property is once again up for sale.
Solid auction results continue for Canberra housing market
MEREDITH CLISBY Almost two thirds of homes scheduled for auction sold on Saturday or prior to the event in another strong result for the territory housing market.
Private Property
Private Property: Fast cars and five-star living in the suburbs
Emily Power and Marc Pallisco Four Seasons luxury hits the suburbs with Euro-posh apartment fitouts.
Rachel Griffiths and Garry McDonald among celebrities to cash in on Sydney property boom
LUCY MACKEN Some of Sydney's more high-profile vendors are making good on their real estate assets.
Underquoting
NSW Premier Mike Baird’s plan to stamp out underquoting won’t work
Patrick Bright Making it a requirement to publish reserve prices no less than seven days out from auctions would tackle underquoting.
The building that responds to rain
3:49pm You don't need to check your phone to see what the weather is, just look up. Vision courtesy of Lend Lease.
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New development
Super-skinny apartment tower Collins House to soar in Melbourne's CBD
Lorna Edwards A Melbourne developer plans to build an apartment tower nearly 200 metres tall but only 12 metres wide.
Underquoting
BresicWhitney will take full responsibility if underquoting allegations are proven
JENNIFER DUKE BresicWhitney says it will ensure it operates ''within the guidelines''.
Quirky home
Rent a Queensland castle for just $550 a week
RACHEL CLUN Live like royalty in this four-bedroom home - complete with a drawbridge.
Ian Narev trades up in Paddington
LUCY MACKEN As work nears completion on Commonwealth Bank chief Ian Narev's new Paddington home, he has sold his original Sydney home.
Skyscraper
Innovative skyscraper designs: Five to know
JENNIFER DUKE Australia has had its fair share of record-breaking skyscrapers to date, with ever more astonishing features and amenities. The latest in the ranks, Australia 108, will be the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.
REIV forced by members to address political involvement
JENNIFER DUKE The lobby group for real estate agents in Victoria, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, is facing internal unrest after a 2014 political campaign urging the public to vote out the Napthine Liberal government.
Trophy
Toorak trophy home sells for $7,625,000 under the hammer
CHRISTINA ZHOU For most home buyers $7 million is undoubtedly a knockout bid. But at an auction of a lavish home in Toorak, it was just the beginning.
Renovation of 1970s house uncovers surprising feature
Jenny Brown The home was gutted but the architects left one thing intact.
Neighbourhoods: Collaroy undergoing a beach-house revival
ANNA ANDERSON The weatherboards of old are now rubbing shoulders with modern timber homes.
Domain
Avalon Now
A parody video about life on Sydney's northern beaches. Vision courtesy: Katy Young (03:13)
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Foreign buyers
National register for foreign buyers not 'racist'
JENNIFER DUKE It is a lack of information and transparency that is fuelling xenophobia in the market.
Material fact
How Australia's murder houses perform on the market
JENNIFER DUKE Homes with a gruesome history can be hard to sell, but can a hot market change that?
Valuation
How do you put a price on a view?
Greville Pabst It can be easy to be lured by views, however buyers need to consider the impact future developments may have.
Boom towns
Pilbara property market prices drop as mining boom ends
Warwick Hemsley Since 2012 property prices and rents have been in steep decline – the median house price in Karratha has basically halved.