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The home buyers with a pathway to cut energy bills by 20 per cent
Retrofitting a home to make it more energy efficient can be harder than expected. Here’s one way to make it easier to upgrade over time.
- by Kate Burke
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Home buyers’ budgets slashed by hundreds of thousands, pushing property prices down
A typical couple working full-time can spend $260,000 less at auction than five months ago – and the declines aren’t over yet.
- by Melissa Heagney
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Rags-to-riches story ends in $30 million house sale in Point Piper
Peter Placek arrived in Australia in the 1960s with virtually nothing. He’s not done too badly since.
- by Lucy Macken
First home buyers and mum splash $1.76 million for Neutral Bay fixer upper
Twin sisters teamed up with their mother at auction on Saturday to outbid the next-door neighbours for a rundown federation semi in need of an extensive renovation.
- by Kate Burke
It’s hot in Yarrambat as house goes for $1.96m despite grand final
The house sold well above its $1.7 million to $1.76 million guide, and was one of just 86 Melbourne properties scheduled to go under the hammer on grand final day.
- by Melissa Heagney
House prices are falling, so why aren’t Melbourne’s first home buyers rushing into the market?
First home buyer activity in Victoria has hit its lowest point in three years as interest rates rise, and for many the great Australian dream of home ownership feels as far away as ever.
- by Melissa Heagney
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F45’s Adam Gilchrist ends grand Freshwater housing play amid $8m hopes
F45’s Adam Gilchrist once described Freshwater as the “best beach in the world” amid grand plans for his double block behind the car park. He’ll be hoping someone agrees after he listed the final piece to it this week.
- by Lucy Macken
Property prices are falling, so where have Sydney’s first home buyers gone?
Falling property prices may sound like good news for first home buyers, but for many the great Australian dream of homeownership feels as far away as ever.
- by Kate Burke and Melissa Heagney
Coastal towns where you can buy a house for less than $600,000
It might not be right on the waterfront – and it might not be palatial – but at least it will be out of the rat race.
- by Elizabeth Redman
This family home’s unusual floor plan is missing a key detail
Imagine you are watching TV in the living room and it’s time to go to bed. You just walk up the hallway, yes? Think again.
- by Emily Power
Why it’s harder to buy a home at auction than it looks this spring
As buyers and sellers realise that prices are falling and interest rates are going up, the level of competition at auctions has taken a surprising turn.
- by Kate Burke