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The house prices that are still rising: How inflation is blowing out building costs
The cost of building a new house is rising as almost every category of building material becomes more expensive.
- by Tawar Razaghi
The unexpected hurdle for first home buyers after saving a deposit
They’ve put together a deposit, got a home loan approved and are counting the cost of rising interest rates – but many potential buyers aren’t prepared for the next challenge.
- by Kate Burke
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Therese Rein sells Noosa cottage to Gina Rinehart, makes $3 million in six months
- by Lucy Macken
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The house prices that are still rising: How inflation is blowing out building costs
The cost of building a new house is rising as almost every category of building material becomes more expensive.
- by Tawar Razaghi
The asking price has increased on this $66 million sandpit in Los Angeles
In high-end real estate, it’s all about the address - even for a dust bowl connected to a Colombian billionaire that just got much more expensive.
- by Emily Power
The unexpected hurdle for first home buyers after saving a deposit
They’ve put together a deposit, got a home loan approved and are counting the cost of rising interest rates – but many potential buyers aren’t prepared for the next challenge.
- by Kate Burke
Therese Rein sells Noosa cottage to Gina Rinehart, makes $3 million in six months
Two of Noosa’s most high-profile trophy home owners have done a deal on a beach shack, leaving Therese Rein – Kevin Rudd’s wife – $3 million richer in six months.
- by Lucy Macken
Surry Hills cottage in need of a reno snapped up for $1.35 million at hot auction
Nineteen buyers turned out to compete for the two-bedroom renovator’s delight, undeterred by a falling property market and soaring building costs.
- by Kate Burke
First home buyer beats investors for $771,000 Altona North house at auction
Six bidders fought for the stylishly renovated home, a mix of downsizers, investors and first home buyers trying to get into the market before the next rate rise.
- by Melissa Heagney
Kerry Packer’s $25m retreat atop Toft Monks claims Elizabeth Bay record
Kerry Packer’s long-time confidant Julie Trethowan looks to have reset an Elizabeth Bay apartment record. Elsewhere, Paul Keating has reshuffled his local portfolio, and guess who bought a $44 million pad in Barangaroo?
- by Lucy Macken
‘I don’t know what to do’: The Melbourne suburbs where rents have risen most
Rents have risen in the majority of Melbourne’s suburbs over the past year, offering little respite to priced-out tenants searching for affordable options.
- by Melissa Heagney
Neon lights illuminate carefully crafted Japanese-style restaurant
Melbourne isn’t Tokyo, but Japan’s dynamism is present in a new Collins Street restaurant offering.
- by Stephen Crafti
‘Definitely a landlords’ market’: The Sydney suburbs where rents have risen most
Sydney tenants are facing sky-high costs, with median rental prices in some suburbs increasing by hundreds of dollars a week over the past year, and there could be more pain to come.
- by Kate Burke
Holly Valance to kiss LA mansion goodbye for $126 million
The former Neighbours star and her British billionaire husband Nick Candy are set to shift from their Los Angeles mansion, an art deco 10-bedroom estate complete with guest house.
- by Emily Power
‘Ridiculous prices’: Regional rents in NSW up 30 per cent since start of pandemic
Locals face displacement and homelessness, agents say, as they compete with city escapees who have bigger budgets.
- by Tawar Razaghi
‘Gone up astronomically’: Rents spike in regional Victorian towns
Regional households are facing higher rent prices or being forced to move away from their community, after many landlords sold their properties to owner-occupiers from Melbourne or converted them to short-term holiday rentals.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Tawar Razaghi
Inside the $65 million to $70 million Melbourne mansion that will shatter price records
Multi-millionaire buyers can finally get a look inside the Melbourne mansion that is the most expensive home ever for sale in Victoria.
- by Emily Power
‘Renters are getting smashed’: Melbourne house rents reach record highs
Tenants are being to asked pay $10 a week more to rent a house and unit rents have surged $20 a week in recent months, according to Domain data that shows cost-of-living pressures are compounding.
- by Melissa Heagney
‘Extremely challenging’: Sydney house rents jump 19 per cent since pandemic began
Rents have risen at about five times the pace of wages as households struggle with the rising cost of living – and more housing stress could be on the way.
- by Tawar Razaghi
‘Just like The Castle’: The apartment owners under siege in their own buildings
Private companies are seeking access to apartment blocks through a legal loophole – and experts say there is little owners can do to stop them.
- by Sue Williams
Jump in houses for sale that offer cut-price home energy bills
It can be tricky to find one close to the centre of the city, but look a little further afield and there are more and more options for home buyers hoping to avoid bill shock.
- by Elizabeth Redman
This California home has a library but it’s not for dusty old books
The unusual library in this $29.5 million-home is no dark, basement afterthought, as you might expect. Instead, it is bathed in light through full-height windows and doors, edged in steel.
- by Emily Power
Mascot Towers owners settle with developer as founder buys $20 million Vaucluse home
As Mascot Towers apartment owners count their losses on the damaged building, the founder of Aland Developments has settled on his own home real estate, paying $19.5 million for a house in Vaucluse.
- by Lucy Macken