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Buying with only a 5 per cent deposit is great but depending on which capital city you're in, the type of homes that fall under the prescribed price caps range from boarded up, uninhabitable houses to one-bedroom units.

Four bidders pushed the price $189,000 above reserve, chasing the top location and quality of the renovation work. The home sold for almost double its last sale price in 2014.

Rapidly rising prices and limited choice has begun to dampen buyer's spirits as their positivity about the market declines.

Although it works better if you're on an average income and if you're not planning to buy just yet, it's free money from the taxpayer – and here's how to claim it.

Rapidly rising property prices have reduced the number of homes eligible for the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme, which is set to be expanded in this year's federal budget.

The government will go guarantor on more loans for first-home buyers and single parents, and will let buyers save more through their superannuation. But who is being left behind?

Allhomes understands the sale surpassed the previous record by more than six figures.

A dozen parties registered to bid, sending the price $425,000 higher than the sellers hoped and showing the depth of the pool of buyers willing to pay up to be in the inner city.

For a novice, an auction can be a stomach-churning experience and if the tension and uncertainty don't overwhelm, then rapidly rising prices will. But these buyers explain how they did it, despite the odds.

As first home buyers are priced out of many parts of Sydney, many are turning to this trendy inner-west suburb and glad they made the move.