Property news

Offshore developers are responsible for 52 per cent of the upcoming supply of developments in Melbourne's city centre.

Apartment numbers

Local players still dominate Melbourne apartment supply

Nick Lenaghan 8:50am Melbourne is punching well above its weight nationally, accounting for 47 per cent of core capital city apartment supply around Australia between 2010 and 2014.

Is Taylor Swift buying this $9.8m castle in Scotland?

Sophie Jamieson 11:22am Singer Taylor Swift is rumoured to be purchasing an eight bedroom castle in Perthshire, Scotland, to be near her beau Calvin Harris.

A contemporary art expert's guide to buying art for your home

New development: Developer building Australia's first high-rise dog park

Celebrity sales: Rugby star Cooper sells

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Is it OK to buy replica furniture?

Elicia Murray Replicas. Copies. Inspired by original designs. David Trubridge prefers the word "stolen".

Silvio Berlusconi has reportedly given Saudi Arabia's heir to the throne a tour of his Sardinian villa.

Prime real estate

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi 'selling villa to Saudi royalty' for $740 million

RACHEL CLUN The billionaire is reportedly in talks with a Saudi prince to sell his Sardinian villa, complete with fake volcano.

If you want to hook up, then move into either West Footscray or Flemington, according to demographer Bernard Salt of KPMG.

Singles hotspots

Looking for love in Melbourne? Buy a house in these suburbs...

EMILY POWER Choosing where to buy in often hinges on several factors, but what about love? These are the hot spot postcodes for singles.

Dome Home

Unique New Zealand house shows there's no place like dome

Erica Donald Nestled alongside the water's edge in Auckland sits the rather distinctive dome home.

What the tech? Eight useful apps to help you spring clean your home

Pauline Morrissey (And generally get your life in order. Hurrah!)

Australian artist Jeffrey Smart's Tuscan property 'Posticcia Nuova' for sale

LUCY MACKEN The Italian home of the late great Australian artist Jeff Smart is to be sold.

An auctioneer from Harcourts fields bids from a huge crowd in Wantirna South on Saturday.

Market report

Melbourne's winter market revives after record number of listings

ANDREW WILSON The auction market appeared to be running out of steam, but has gained a second wind after a record number of August listings over the weekend.

Agent and auctioneer Justin Long of Marshall White on the biggest auction day ever seen on a Saturday in August in Melbourne.

Lucky number eight

The Chinese lucky number eight drives up listings on a record August auction day

Chris Tolhurst A record number of properties went under the hammer, boosted in part by international interest.

An Adelaide mansion in Springfield owned by one of Australia's richest young businessman is on the market.

Luxury

Exclusive Adelaide home open to South Australian sale record

EMILY POWER A Springfield mansion in Adelaide has hit the market with record price expectations.

Radio host Hamish Blake is selling his Fitzroy terrace

Alexandra Spangaro Comedian's stylish Fitzroy terrace is on the market.

The property at 40 Wentworth Road, Vaucluse, sold this month for $70 million.

James Packer tops Australia's 10 most expensive home sales

Lucy Macken, Christina Zhou The $70 million sale of James and Erica Packer's Vaucluse mega-mansion has left all previous national house sales in the shade.

Wealthy Australians are most at risk from a downturn in property prices.

Winners and losers

Who has the most to lose if interest rates rise and property prices collapse?

Sally Patten Analysis by actuarial firm Rice Warner suggests that the wealthiest Australians will suffer most if property prices tumble.

This four-bedroom apartment at 801/20 Alfred Street, Milsons Point, sold for $7,500,000.

The rich list

Seven more Sydney suburbs on millionaire's row for apartments

ANTONY LAWES Sydney's runaway house-price growth is flowing through to apartments.

Artists bring colour into a community by painting all 209 houses in the neighbourhood

Pauline Morrissey Taking two and a half months to complete, the mural covers some 20,000 square meters and the artists used around 20,000 litres of paint to create the impressive work they later titled 'El Macro Mural Barrio de Palmitas'.

A section of the tennis court raises to reveal a ramp to the underground car park.

Astonishing design hidden from view in Toorak

Jenny Brown An apparently well-mannered heritage property has an extraordinary subterranean secret concealed beneath its tennis court.

Flat Chat: What to do about 'do-nothing' strata committees

JIMMY THOMSON Although we often moan about strata committees interfering in our lives, just as bad, if not worse, are those who prefer to do nothing.

6 Tathra Court, Boronia, sold for $605,000, $50,000 more than the agent expected.

100%

The Melbourne suburbs with 100 per cent clearance rates

CHRISTINA ZHOU Even in deep winter, there are some pockets in Melbourne's property market that are running red hot.

Kim and Peter Martin on their Sutton Forest property

Southern Highlands farmers ramp up fight over mine

LUCY MACKEN The fight against a proposed coal mine in the Southern Highlands has ramped up following the revelation Hume Coal has been quietly buying up some of the area's largest and most notable rural properties.