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“A home is not just a house . . . we have this attachment not so much to the house itself but for the memories we have from when we were there.”

Home sweet home

My parents broke my heart when they sold our family home

Erin Munro 1:22pm Erin Munro is 30 years old, so why has the sale of her parents' house left her reeling?

Ja'mie: Private School Girl mansion sells for $9m

MARC PALLISCO An Armadale mansion, where Chris Lilley filmed Ja'mie: Private School Girl, has sold for an estimated $9 million.

The growth that no one wants

Celebrity homes: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham go halves on $13m mansions

Investors warned on Sydney prices

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The four apartments built by contestants on The Block will go under the hammer at the end of April.

The Block auctions

The Block Triple Threat apartments hit the market as the auction date is set

EMILY POWER The Block is reaching business end, with the apartments coming on the market and auction day set.

Clovelly house on market for first time in a century

Sue Williams The price tag is a bit more than the £400 it would have cost at the time.

8 Ingalara Avenue, Wahroonga sold at auction for $1,895,000. The reserve was $1.5 million.

Sydney house price growth highest in six years

ANTONY LAWES Sydney's property prices have shot up almost 6 per cent over the first three months of the year, the latest data shows.

Ashburton

Ashburton price record smashed by $5.8 million mansion

CHRISTINA ZHOU A French-provincial mansion in Ashburton has set a price record for the outer-eastern suburb.

Assange's father sells in Newtown

LUCY MACKEN The inner west home of Julian Assange's dad John Shipton sold on Wednesday for $1.42 million.

Potter Property

Expelliarmus! Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe disarms buyers by keeping his Toorak home

MARC PALLISCO Actor Daniel Radcliffe's Toorak house was spellbinding the market but he has decided to keep it.

Kingston Foreshore land sells for $14 million at auction

MEREDITH CLISBY The largest block of land released at the Kingston Foreshore has sold for $14 million.

Investors snap up three cheapest properties on biggest auction day

STEPHEN NICHOLLS "INVESTOR'S BONANZA - Price Guide $315,000 Plus YOU HAVE HIT THE JACKPOT!

Rethinking the residential tower

3:07pm Domain catches up with Richard Francis-Jones, the architect behind the groovy new Green Square building, Ovo.

Melbourne autumn market passes test under record surge

Chris Tolhurst A huge surge in residential auctions in Melbourne on Saturday failed to dampen the strong demand for real estate that has been evident since February.

This house at 73 Vista Street, Sans Souci, sold at auction on Saturday for $6.05 million.

Sans Souci waterfront sells for $6 million at auction

TOBY JOHNSTONE A rundown redbrick home in Sydney's south stunned onlookers when sold at auction on Saturday.

Killarney Heights' retro ranch snags buyer after 50 years

ANNA ANDERSON Half a century ago "The Ranch" was the talk of the town and on Saturday it sold for $1,425,000 .

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's restaurant is just one reason why Melbourne is where it's at.

The nicer city

10 reasons Melbourne is better than Sydney

ALISTAIR WALSH They're deserting the sun-drenched city in droves and who can blame them?

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Auctioneer Vic Lorusso at the auction of 25 Austral Avenue, North Manly.

House in Mike Baird's electorate goes off at auction

ANTONY LAWES Gavin Paterson had lived in the same house for 60 years. On Saturday he met the Sydney property market.

Housing bubble

Australia is in one of the worst housing bubbles we have ever seen

Lindsay David COMMENT: Housing prices and mortgage debt have significantly outpaced economic fundamentals for almost two decades.

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The Blurred Lines singer's home is in the star-studded Hollywood Hills neighbourhood.

Celebrity sale

Robin Thicke sells Hollywood Hills mansion

JENNIFER DUKE Blurred Lines singer Robin Thicke has sold his Hollywood Hills mansion for $4.9 million, having initially had the home advertised with a $2.985 million asking price.

The property at 1503/157 Liverpool Street, Sydney, was expected to sell for in excess of $2 million.

Sydney apartment where Simon Gittany murdered Lisa Harnum passed in at auction

Jennifer Duke and Antony Lawes The two-bedroom apartment had been expected to sell for in excess of $2 million on Tuesday night.

Luxury

Big money sought for mammoth Toorak estate

Emily Power and Marc Pallisco An overseas investor who agreed to pay $12 million for one of Toorak’s largest properties has pulled out of the whopper purchase.

Domain

Domain Insider

A Scoopon real estate voucher was offering a certificate of registration course for $299.

Education

A $300 online voucher qualifies me to sell your home

JENNIFER DUKE 7:48am With qualifications this easy to obtain, it's little surprise that some consider entering the real estate industry as an easy option.

Petitions have called for the legislating of mandatory publishing of reserve prices, however some agents have jumped the gun and are voluntarily promoting it themselves.

Melbourne at the forefront of fixing underquoting

JENNIFER DUKE 12:54pm Without the mass action needed to police underquoting thoroughly, voluntary publishing of reserve prices is the next best thing.

Going to university and working as hard as you can isn't the solution to the housing problems for first-time buyers in Sydney.

First home buyers

University educated, hardworking and I still can't buy a home

Haydn Edwards 11:14am I recently moved interstate. There is more than one reason why I decided to move to Perth, but I can honestly say that one factor is the barrier to purchasing a home in Sydney.

Oversupply

Brisbane oversupply claims are overreactions

Malcolm Aikman 11:06am The Brisbane market is in relative balance with supply abundant in the inner city and sales rates indicating demand is not far off the pace.