Property market
WA watchdog sounds warning to home builders over price increases
Record numbers of new home builds has forced some builders to increase the cost of their services after contracts have already been signed.
- by Heather McNeill
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Home ownership a fading dream for many Sydneysiders
A bigger percentage of Millennials will be locked out of home ownership in coming decades, sparking a surge in demand for social housing and dragging on the state’s finances, according to the NSW intergenerational report.
- by Matt Wade
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Property prices
The Sydney and Melbourne suburbs where every house sells for $1 million plus
There are 156 suburbs in Sydney and 15 in Melbourne where every house sold this year has changed hands for more than $1 million.
- by Jennifer Duke and Shane Wright
‘Grandparents need the backyard’: Boomers deepen housing crisis by staying in empty nests
Family homes are in hot demand in Sydney. The problem is that more and more of them are not being used by families.
- by Matt Wade and Tawar Razaghi
Editorial
Editorial
Retirees need to make room for younger families in inner Sydney
It’s frustrating for younger families to think there are empty-nesters out there sitting on property goldmines they don’t really need.
- The Herald's View
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Property prices
Millionaires’ woe: $1m-plus price tags on the rise for a piece of Sydney or Melbourne
A four-fold rise in homes selling for at least seven figures in Sydney in the past decade and a three-fold increase in Melbourne is prompting warnings about the risks of rising inequality in the nation’s major cities.
- by Jennifer Duke and Shane Wright
Opinion
Property prices
Is the housing boom about to bust?
The property market is going gangbusters but we must question the motives of those riding the wave that warn us we need to invest now.
- by David Hayward and Liss Ralston
House prices reach yet another record level due to ‘perfect storm’ of low interest rates, improving economy
House prices continued to grow throughout May as consumer confidence, low interest rates and low supply affected every property market in the country.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Perth house prices up again with ‘perfect storm’ boosting markets
House prices continued to grow throughout May as consumer confidence, low interest rates and low supply affected every property market in the country.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Her babies taken and under threat of eviction: why our system is not working for women like Mila
You aren’t likely to lose custody of your child because of damage to your property, but some families do.
- by Tess Ingram
Opinion
Home loans
Five ways to avoid paying extortionate lenders’ mortgage insurance
The cost of lenders’ mortgage insurance is extortionate and can run into tens of thousands of dollars.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon