Property
Property prices defy gravity as average households priced out
The average home buyer’s budget has been slashed by about 30 per cent over the past two years, but there’s little sign of house prices following suit.
- by Elizabeth Redman
‘Buyers are much more cautious’: Melbourne house prices in surprise fall
A few years ago, buyers were snapping up properties sight unseen, but Melbourne’s market has since faced a string of hurdles.
- by Jim Malo
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Victorian tree-change towns where property prices are getting cheaper
There are more opportunities for buyers now than a few years ago in an end to the boom that had pushed prices to unaffordable levels.
- by Jim Malo
The popular NSW tree-change towns where property prices jumped
Once-affordable areas not too far from Sydney are highly sought as families make a move for better value and lifestyle.
- by Sue Williams
Property prices defy gravity as average households priced out
The average home buyer’s budget has been slashed by about 30 per cent over the past two years, but there’s little sign of house prices following suit.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Parts of Perth are more crowded than Berlin and Paris. Find out how dense your suburb is
Perth has recorded the largest increase in population over the past 20 years in Australia, while also clocking the highest portion of detached houses of any capital.
- by Sarah Brookes
Perth continues to sprawl as residential infill rate goes backwards
Perth has fallen short of its infill target every year since 2017, with the rate of residential infill going backwards for the past two years.
- by Sarah Brookes
Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a custom wine room to an 18-hole golf course and onyx verde surfaces, we’ve rounded up our pick of the prestige property on the market.
- by Kate Farrelly
‘Taken me by surprise’: Brisbane house prices hit record high
Does your house earn more than you? The typical Brisbane house has gained more than $100,000 in value in a year, and much more in some locations.
- by Sarah Webb
‘Buyers are much more cautious’: Melbourne house prices in surprise fall
A few years ago, buyers were snapping up properties sight unseen, but Melbourne’s market has since faced a string of hurdles.
- by Jim Malo
‘Unattainable’: Sydney’s median house price hits record high of $1.6 million
The city has recorded five consecutive quarters of house price growth – a streak that surprised experts.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Perth house prices have hit a new record high. So what’s your suburb’s value?
Perth is now the third-cheapest capital to buy a house in, despite prices rising 1.5 per cent in the March quarter. Use our interactive tool to see your suburb’s median.
- by Sarah Brookes
Suburbs where landlords haven’t been able to increase the rent for five years
Amid a widespread rental crisis, a handful of neighbourhoods bucked the trend.
- by Jemimah Clegg
Barrister’s Woolloomooloo harbourside home sells for $6.5m at auction
It was one of 528 scheduled auctions on Saturday. The unit, part of an exclusive complex, sold for less than the $6.6 million guide.
- by Carmen Forward
Prolific buyer on The Block sells Hampton East house for $3,245,000, a $1m loss
The vendor owned three houses in the Charming Street neighbourhood, and sold number 22 for a loss after listing it with a published $1 reserve price.
- by Carmen Forward
High-end buyers break records in red-hot inner west
The inner west used to be a first-timers’ haven, but not when a homewares queen paid $4.65m and a fixer-upper fetched double-digit millions.
- by Lucy Macken
‘A hidden, beautiful area’: The Sydney suburbs people never want to leave
Cathy’s neighbours have all happily lived in their homes for 25 years or more, and she plans to stay for the long run.
- by Tawar Razaghi
No mortgage? No worries: Melbourne property buyers pay cash instead
Some investors have been deterred by higher taxes, but others are snapping up properties in cash in inner-city suburbs.
- by Alexandra Middleton
Investor beats first home buyers, upgraders for $2.26m North Strathfield house
Within metres of the home runs the WestConnex tunnel, the existing train line and the future Metro West Project, which buyers saw as a drawcard.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Ex-Good Guys boss who made $17m tree-change sells $6m city bolthole
When Essendon director Andrew Muir sold his Toorak house for $28m+ he bought a Flinders spread and a Carlton terrace. Now he’s offloaded the pied-à-terre.
- by Alexandra Middleton
Billionaire’s heiress triples her money on $18m weekender
Paris Neilson, daughter of Judith and Kerr Neilson, sold her estate. Now there could be a consolidation in the works with the home next door.
- by Lucy Macken
‘If I won lottery, I would never leave’: Melbourne’s most tightly held suburbs
Families bought in years ago, and loved the neighbourhood so much they stayed - sometimes for decades.
- by Alexandra Middleton