Realestate
Where all the rental properties are
NEW figures show just how hard it is to find a rental property in some Australian capital cities.
Mining towns steel themselves for revival
THE resources sector slowdown hit mining town property markets hard. But does a resurgence in the iron ore price mean a comeback?
The evolution of suburbia
FROM vast tracts of vacant land to suburbia. Watch the time lapse evolution of five of Australia’s biggest communities.
Karl Stefanovic sells Lindfield home
TV presenter Karl Stefanovic and his estranged wife Cassandra Thorburn have sold their matrimonial Lindfield home just 11 days after it hit the market.
A boom month for borrowers
PROPERTY investors are borrowing big, with new figures revealing they were loaned more than $32 billion in September alone.
Updated home fit for families
ON the market for the first time since being built in 1992, a family home in Woodcroft has been updated throughout.
Flight path home sold up for $1.1m
A RUNDOWN two bedroom cottage on a direct flight path was snapped up for $1.1 million at a hot auction this morning.
Cashing in takes time
THE first million-dollar sale in a suburb is often not only greeted with elation by the vendor but also their neighbours. But how long does it really take before the whole neighbourhood can expect to toast seven-figure sales?
Slab of gold for St Georges Terrace
A SINGAPOREAN developer wants a gold-coloured skyscraper to rise up at the site of heritage-listed St Andrew’s Church in Perth.
Space age steal on sci-fi home
GRAB 100 of your mates, chip in $50,000 each and buy this one-of-a-kind Port Douglas property.
Luxury Kenthurst estate hits the market
FROM the lush bush surrounds, sprawling gardens, glass-tiled pool and 16-seat spa, this Kenthurst estate brings new meaning to the word luxury.
Sweet living on Hamilton Hill
STEP back in time at “Ruhamah” which is on the market for just the fourth time in 100 years.
Brisbane home fit for a prince
Amanda Lucas RUMOUR has it this listed Holland Park home has hosted royalty.
You could be living in a gold mine
AIDAN DEVINE and MELISSA KEHAGIAS FANCY earning $10,000 a day just for leaving your house for a few hours? Growth in the local film industry means production companies are on the hunt for “real houses” — and will pay big money to film in them.
Where will property prices rise?
Michelle Hele network online real estate editor ITS economy may have been struggling of late and house price growth has been flat, but this capital city has more suburbs with potential for price growth than any other in Australia.
Insurance a costly guessing game
ANTHONY KEANE AUSSIES are putting tens of thousands of dollars at risk because they guess the value of their home’s contents for their insurance.
Not just a job for onsite managers
Jane Pinder THEY have decades of property management experience between them, and now Spiro Kalis and his mother Georgina are looking to the future in Cannon Hill.