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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
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‘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
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Property market
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
‘Craziest’ market in 30 years: the impact of the global housing boom
Data this week confirmed what anyone who owns a home or has endured a Saturday auction already knew – the national property market is on fire.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Opinion
Opinion
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
Opinion
Opinion
Caution needed when buying a house with a small deposit
While the government’s low-deposit house buying schemes have many real advantages there are some potential traps for first-home buyers.
- by John Collett
Wealth divide between young and old narrowed during pandemic
The record gulf between the wealth and wellbeing of the oldest and youngest Australians is shrinking for the first time in seven years.
- by Jennifer Duke
Albanese promises $10 billion fund to cut housing costs for workers
Labor’s budget response seeks to galvanise voter concerns about soaring house prices while offering apprenticeship incentives and vowing to do more to protect women from sexual harassment.
- by David Crowe
Housing boom ‘not expected to be sustained’ budget papers say
The Sydney and Melbourne property boom is facing a slowdown on federal government forecasts as closed international borders and the end of grants hit the housing market brakes.
- by Jennifer Duke
Bouquets and brickbats: Victorians deliver their verdict on the budget
A cross-section of everyday Victorians share their thoughts on Tuesday’s federal budget, with aged care, childcare and debt dominating the discussion.
- by David Estcourt
Where the bargains are: Opportunities remain for first-home buyers
While first-home buyers may be disheartened by soaring property prices, there are still some suburbs in Sydney and Melbourne where unit prices remain affordable.
- by John Collett