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51 Darlington Street’s potential to renovate was popular with buyers.

Two bidders fight hard as Coburg home sells for $1.86 million at auction

The buyers traded $20,000 bids throughout the auction, despite the auctioneer offering to take smaller increments.

  • by Jim Malo
Chloe Cox and Chas Hunter who are looking for a rental in the Daylesford area.

The once-hot Victorian towns where rents are slowing - or at a discount

The exodus of Melburnians to work remotely in the regions has been losing steam, and the once-booming pace of rent rises followed suit.

  • by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

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51 Darlington Street’s potential to renovate was popular with buyers.

Two bidders fight hard as Coburg home sells for $1.86 million at auction

The buyers traded $20,000 bids throughout the auction, despite the auctioneer offering to take smaller increments.

  • by Jim Malo
G01/74 Well Street Brighton

Eleven of our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

Looking for your next home in Melbourne? From a striking contemporary residence to a period cottage, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Jacqui Hammerton
64 Brays Road, Concord is up for sale with a guide of $5.5 million.

Seven of our favourite NSW homes for sale right now

From beachside views in Kingscliff to architectural excellence in Concord, here are eight of the best homes for sale.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
Gene Sherman is selling her Centennial Park house, Braelin.

Centennial Park’s best house is pretty as a picture, and yours for $25m+

Gallerist Gene Sherman is again expected to set a suburb high when she sells the home she bought from Atlassian tech boss Mike Cannon-Brookes.

  • by Lucy Macken
Chloe Cox and Chas Hunter who are looking for a rental in the Daylesford area.

The once-hot Victorian towns where rents are slowing - or at a discount

The exodus of Melburnians to work remotely in the regions has been losing steam, and the once-booming pace of rent rises followed suit.

  • by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
The winning apartment from The Block’s first season has sold. Adam and Fiona renovated the apartment in Bondi Beach. 

The winning apartment from The Block’s first season has sold

A piece of television history is changing hands, generating enough interest for a deal to be struck before a looming auction.

  • by Kristy Johnson and Emily Power
Nicholas and Adeline Thorne at their renovated Roseville home.

How a 1950s brick house got a makeover that left it unrecognisable

Nicholas and Adeline saw beyond the house’s bones to envision a modern-day masterpiece that looks completely different now.

  • by Carmen Forward
Long-term price growth was behind the increase in profit-making sales.

The popular tree- and sea-change towns where home owners are almost on to a sure thing

Almost every property seller made a profit, and the chance of gains improved, in four regional towns that have gone against the trend.

  • by Jim Malo and Elizabeth Redman
12 Robertson Street Greenwich

Seven of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a slice of coastal bliss to a family home with river views, we’ve looked far and wide across the country to bring you our favourite luxury listings.

  • by Kate Farrelly
90a Chapman Avenue Beecroft

Ultimate bank of mum and dad buy? Parents, grandparents pool resources for $6.55m estate

Three generations of a family will share a luxurious six-bedroom home with tennis court and swimming pool they secured at auction.

  • by Carmen Forward
34 Mitchell Street Brunswick

Eye-catching Brunswick reno soars to $2.65m in hard-fought auction

Three young families competed for the four-bedroom house with a 1930s facade, renovated with a high level of attention.

  • by Tom Carey
The sub-penthouse in The Residence at Hyde Park is hoped to set an $18 million high for the architect Scott Carver-designed tower.

From a billionaire to a jailed fraudster, and now selling her $18 million Sydney pad

The life and times of China’s richest woman of 1999 could make a movie in itself, and it’s hoped the latest chapter will set a record.

  • by Lucy Macken
A Kingsville home went to auction on Saturday.

Owner-occupiers triumph over investor to buy Kingsville house for $1,455,000

Agents have noticed investors becoming more active in property market, but they’re having mixed results at auctions.

  • by Jim Malo
271 Glenlyon Road, Fitzroy North.

Thirteen of our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

From an inner-city penthouse with 360-degree views to a beachfront home on the Mornington Peninsula, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Jacqui Hammerton
Trickey said she had been price out of her old suburb, Footscray.

Cold air in Natasha’s old home gave her sores. In her new home, she can’t sleep

She was priced out of her suburb and kept getting outbid on properties. Her new place isn’t ideal, but what choice did she have?

  • by Jim Malo
The Point Piper beachfront has seen some of the most significant price jumps since 2011.

If only you’d had a lazy $10m to buy in Point Piper after the GFC

There’s no price guide on this beachfront home, but the nearest comparable now is a $60 million fixer-upper.

  • by Lucy Macken
Finding a share house is challenging enough in a rental crisis. Then you have to live there.

How to live in a share house during a rental crisis

How do you find your first flatmates and what’s the best way to interact with your landlord?

  • by Jim Malo
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Brisbane rents are at record highs.

Brisbane rents just reached a record high. Is any relief in sight?

Brisbane is now the second most expensive capital in which to rent a unit after the median weekly rent climbed $90 over the past year.

  • by Sarah Webb
Jeremy Anderson and Erin McKellar paid extra to find a rental.

Jeremy was competing against crowds of renters for a tiny, dark unit. His solution has since been banned

Melbourne’s rents have soared to record levels and the median unit is asking $95 a week more than a year ago. Is there any relief in sight?

  • by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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