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Langham Sydney says a major Sydney CBD development by Chinese-backed Aqualand will block its harbour views and send its guests looking for other accomodation.

The Langham takes on giant developer in $2.4b Sydney Harbour stoush

Langham Sydney says a major Sydney CBD development by Chinese-backed Aqualand will block its harbour views and send its guests looking for other accommodation.

  • Campbell Kwan
HMC Capital’s David Di Pilla.

David Di Pilla’s mansion compound gets green light

The deal maker-of-the-moment has been building his own residential complex in the heart of one of Sydney’s most powerful suburbs.

  • Mark Di Stefano

How cool is your office? Come inside Amazon’s Collins Street HQ

While the WFH debate rages on – office mandates versus work from where ever – a new swing factor has emerged: how comfy and convivial is your office?

  • Nick Lenaghan

The suburbs where apartment prices are accelerating

Apartment prices have rebounded sharply in the past three months in what could be an early sign of a recovery in the sector.

  • Nila Sweeney

Property wage growth falls as labour market improves: survey

Only 25 per cent of companies surveyed by remuneration consultancy Avdiev reported difficulties filling key roles, down from a peak of 60 per cent in 2022.

  • Larry Schlesinger

Mascot Towers investors ‘face bankruptcy’ under new offer

Investors who own apartments in Mascot Towers are pleading for more support from the NSW government, which is offering more help to owner occupiers.

  • Larry Schlesinger

How it Sold

The single-level two-bedroom unit at 8/2 Lisson Grove, in inner-eastern Melbourne’s Hawthorn sold at auction for $835,000.

Pregnant first-home buyers pay $95,000 over reserve for 2-bed unit

A legal quirk reduced the competition for one young couple, who still fought hard for a ground-level unit they’ll move into – just before the birth of their child.

  • Michael Bleby
The six-bedroom, 5-bathroom home on 909 square metres fronting Lake Wonderland at 84 Oceanic Drive in Gold Coast’s Mermaid Waters sold prior to auction for $7.7 million.

Chinese buyer outbids locals by $1m for luxury Gold Coast home

A FIRB buyer paid $7.7 million for a newly built Miami-style mansion in Mermaid Waters – over $1 million more than any local offered for it.

  • Michael Bleby

Luxury Property

Fashion Designer Camilla Franks at her Woollahra home.

‘Kaftan Queen’ Camilla Franks farewells eclectic home in Sydney’s east

The fashion designer’s Woollahra home is about to hit Sydney’s prestige market as she prepares for her Bondi return.

  • Bonnie Campbell

Toorak estate of late David Hains sells for $40m

The Toorak home of late Melbourne billionaire David Hains has sold for about $39 million after a year-long campaign.

  • Bonnie Campbell
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Fashion Designer Camilla Franks at her Woollahra home.

‘Kaftan Queen’ Camilla Franks farewells eclectic home in Sydney’s east

The fashion designer’s Woollahra home is about to hit Sydney’s prestige market as she prepares for her Bondi return.

  • Bonnie Campbell

Toorak estate of late David Hains sells for $40m

The Toorak home of late Melbourne billionaire David Hains has sold for about $39 million after a year-long campaign.

  • Bonnie Campbell

This Month

Tim Gurner hopes to build a 19-level tower with about 200 apartments on St Kilda Road.

Tim Gurner prepares for housing rebound with latest luxury offering

Tim Gurner has submitted plans for an $800m luxury apartment project on Melbourne’s St Kilda Road and says a rate cut will fuel a quick housing rebound.

  • Larry Schlesinger
Sealing the deal: ESR Australia CEO Phil Pearce with Frasers’ Ian Barter.

ESR and Frasers snap up $200m industrial site from Rich Listers

The two big industrial developers have joined forces to snap up a 64ha parcel of land in Cranbourne from the Tarascio family’s Salta Properties.

  • Larry Schlesinger

Lendlease’s luxury tower One Sydney Harbour welcomes first residents

Lendlease’s long-awaited luxury residential project in Barangaroo, One Sydney Harbour, has welcomed the first residents into the precinct’s tallest tower.

  • Bonnie Campbell
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Rewriting redevelopment plans: Stockland’s Piccadilly Centre office tower at 133 Castlereagh Street in Sydney.

Why Stockland decided to save Sydney’s Piccadilly tower from demolition

Even without a carbon tax or laws relating to new builds, developers are rethinking the value of embodied carbon built into their existing structures.

  • Michael Bleby

‘Super home’ built without a budget lists with no price guide

Founder of Vita Group Maxine Horne has listed her designer New Farm home, while across the Brisbane River a resort-style offering will test Hawthorne’s record.

  • Bonnie Campbell
AFR

Where cash buyers are splurging billions for a home

The widening pool of cash buyers could prop up the housing market this year, but could also delay potential rate cuts, experts say.

  • Nila Sweeney
41 George Street was on the market for over 18 months.

Marquette buys Brisbane CBD tower at 25pc discount for student housing

After sitting on the market for 18 months, a Saudi fund’s Brisbane CBD office tower has finally sold as buyer and seller expectations grow closer.

  • Campbell Kwan
More men in the pipeline: Construction company Urban Core CEO Dominique Gill says the need for onsite experience means there are still more men in the highest-paid site jobs.

How to narrow construction’s massive wage gap

The highest-paying jobs on site go to those with the most experience, but not everyone – especially women with caring responsibilities – can get that.

  • Michael Bleby
The values of top CBD towers could fall further in 2024. But it’s secondary assets that will take longer to recover.

Property funds post 13pc losses as office crunch arrives

The dramatic downturn in the office market has been the main drag on returns for investors in the unlisted sector. But how far away is the bottom?

  • Nick Lenaghan
The outlook for Adelaide’s housing market is precarious as affordability worsens, according to CoreLogic.

The markets where house prices are most at risk

Poor affordability is predicted to hit Sydney and Melbourne hard, but even more so in this capital city.

  • Nila Sweeney

These are the best countries for wealthy expats

The growing wealth gap in many western countries is pushing some to restrict tax and citizenship benefits aimed at expats. So where can they go to protect their assets?

  • Alice Kantor
The single-level two-bedroom unit at 8/2 Lisson Grove, in inner-eastern Melbourne’s Hawthorn sold at auction for $835,000.

Pregnant first-home buyers pay $95,000 over reserve for 2-bed unit

A legal quirk reduced the competition for one young couple, who still fought hard for a ground-level unit they’ll move into – just before the birth of their child.

  • Michael Bleby
The archive section at Heritage Auction in Dallas, Texas.

Industrial property hits $300b and will surge ahead of offices

Once the ugly duckling of the commercial real estate, the value of prime industrial property is expected to surge above $400 billion over the next decade, leaving the office and retail sectors trailing in its wake.

  • Larry Schlesinger
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17/68 Illawarra Road had over 20 registered bidders on Saturday.

Marrickville unit beats reserve by 22.5pc after luring in 20 bidders

The national clearance rate for auctions has firmed up to 72.8 per cent on preliminary numbers with buyer activity rising from population growth.

  • Campbell Kwan
Family campers on holiday at one of Ingenia’s BIG4 camping parks in Queenscliff.

$2.1b market darling Ingenia Communities in Warburg Pincus’ sights

Warburg Pincus went as far as engaging advisors – Jefferies Australia and Corrs Chambers Westgarth – and made its informal interest known to Ingenia.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Return-to-work policies are the latest culture war flashpoint

Remote work pits workers versus management, white versus blue collar, left versus right. The debate is turbocharged by social media and everyone has a hot take.

  • Charlie Wells

Rich Lister to sell South Yarra penthouse

Former Sonic Healthcare chairman Michael Boyd is offloading his luxury Melbourne bolthole, while Rokt co-founder Ben Voltz is selling his Toorak home ahead of Sydney move.

  • Bonnie Campbell
The estate operates today as a boutique 28-room resort, vineyard, wedding venue and wine brand,

Berry estate may fetch $24m in second sale in 202 years

Historic Coolangatta Estate on the NSW South Coast includes a resort, award-winning vineyard and a popular wedding venue.

  • Larry Schlesinger