Property prices
‘Liveable’ timber beach house listed for $30 million
This charming cottage’s most luxurious feature is hydronic heating, and it’s already had an offer from buyers keen on the location, location, location.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Latest
‘Missed the boat’: Is the dream of a holiday home over?
The idea of a humble summer house in sleepy coastal retreats has all but sailed into distance for many average families. So, who is buying them now?
- by Tawar Razaghi
How much it costs to buy a home in Australia’s top holiday spots
A new ranking of top holiday destinations as voted by travellers features a string of Australian cities. Here’s how much it costs to turn your vacation into a staycation.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Sorrento mansion sets clifftop record in $30m secret sale
An ultra-prestige property sale on the Mornington Peninsula has set a new benchmark for clifftop homes in the coastal hotspot.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Opinion
Opinion
Political rhetoric insufficient to help Aussies own their own home
While the upcoming election looks set to be long on rhetoric about the joys of home ownership, it is also looking decidedly short on policies of real substance to help more Australians attain their own home.
- by Jessica Irvine
How do you make a $270,000 profit? Sell your property in a pandemic
There wasn’t much for sale, and lots of people stuck at home wanted to move somewhere bigger and better. But sellers’ profits during lockdown depended on what - and where - they were offering.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Four-bedroom house offered free, with just one catch
It’s the home that’s free to a good home, you just need to pay the relocation costs and have somewhere to house it.
- by Elizabeth Redman
‘We’re conning young people’: The double whammy trapping first home buyers
A tenant paying $50 a week more on rent has $50 a week less to save for a home deposit, a double blow to anyone trying to keep up with the extraordinary growth in pandemic-era property prices.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Property investors, first-home buyers jumped back into the market pre-Omicron
Property investors jumped back into the housing market at record levels in November ahead of the Omicron outbreak and first-home buyer loans increased for the first time in months.
- by Jennifer Duke
‘Patch of paradise’: Property’s tree-change trend tipped to continue
The city exodus is expected to continue in 2022, with buyers still keen to move to regional towns even if they have to travel back to a metro office.
- by Melissa Heagney
‘Storm clouds gathering’ for Sydney and Melbourne property markets
Melbourne house prices and Sydney apartment values fell in December after the biggest boom year in three decades.
- by Jennifer Duke