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12 Rio Vista Boulevard, Broadbeach Waters QLD

Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a private sandy beach to equestrian facilities for horse lovers and a 15-metre pool, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.

  • by Kate Farrelly
Home buyers have the largest deposits and lowest loans as a proportion of the purchase price on record.

Gifts from $50k to $1m the norm: How home deposits soared to record levels

Average workers are priced out, but many property buyers who are left in the market now have extraordinary wealth – often from family.

  • by Jim Malo

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12 Rio Vista Boulevard, Broadbeach Waters QLD

Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a private sandy beach to equestrian facilities for horse lovers and a 15-metre pool, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.

  • by Kate Farrelly
Tenants would have saved $3.8 billion across all capital cities if rents had been frozen last year, data show.

Australian renters would be nearly $4b better off under a rent freeze

Tenants would have saved as much as $3000 over the 12 months to March, and proponents of a rent freeze say the cash would be life-changing.

  • by Jim Malo
A man walks his dogs on the Shorncliffe Pier, part of the Moreton Bay Regional Council area and one of Greater Brisbane’s most tightly held suburbs.

‘Strong sense of community’: The suburbs people never want to leave

Local pride and loyalty are the main reasons people are reluctant to leave some Greater Brisbane suburbs, and why it is harder for others to find real estate.

  • by Sarah Webb
An auction clearance rate above 70 per cent typically indicates a strong market – or rising prices.

Gifts from $50k to $1m the norm: How home deposits soared to record levels

Average workers are priced out, but many property buyers who are left in the market now have extraordinary wealth – often from family.

  • by Jim Malo
Asking rents have soared over the past few years.

Landlords hike rents nearly 50 per cent since the lows of lockdown

Rental prices for units have skyrocketed since COVID-19 lockdown, and house rents have jumped too. Is any relief in sight?

  • by Jemimah Clegg
2/20 Somerset Street, Mosman

Mosman unit that last sold for $86,000 in 1985 fetches $1.1 million at auction

Twenty-six buyers registered to bid on the two-bedroom unit, which is in an unliveable condition

  • by Carmen Forward
1/18 St Georges Crescent, Ashburton

Grandparents buy $1.95m townhouse to be near family and help with babysitting

The couple, who competed against a young family, bought the property in post-auction negotiations by offering an extra $50,000.

  • by Carmen Forward
Victoria Baker has paid $14.5 million cash for a waterfront house in Kurraba Point.

VC buys $14.5m house in cash as Canva makes investors rich overnight

It seems not even Sydney’s leading venture capitalists like Blackbird’s Rick Baker are immune to the lure of Sydney’s high-end housing market.

  • by Lucy Macken
Rishi Bhalodia with wife and two young sons.

Moving from a Sydney unit to a house gets three times harder in a generation

The conventional wisdom is to start with a modest apartment and buy a house later, but financing the move has never been so challenging.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
An investor beat an owner-occupier.

Investor pays $1.7m for Bellevue Hill unit to charge $1000 rent a week

An investor keen to capitalise on Sydney’s soaring rents beat nine other parties for the tidy apartment close to cafes.

  • by Sarah Webb
Aidan Oke auctions 58 Olympic Avenue.

Family makes last-ditch $500 bid to triumph for $1.5m Cheltenham house

The auction winners had to be coaxed to dig deep in their pockets for the charming home, and it was enough to get them across the line.

  • by Jim Malo
17 Manning Road, Malvern East

Ten of our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

From a residence with heritage features to a chic apartment with bay views, these are our pick of the bunch.

  • by Mary O'Brien
40 Livingstone Avenue, Pymble NSW 2073

Seven of our favourite homes for sale in Sydney right now

From a renovated sandstone home to a transformed idyllic cottage, these are the picks of the bunch.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
The resort-style estate of Gareth Hales returned to the market this week, two years after he bought it for $9.5 million.

A $9.5m mansion that ‘shocked the flock’ of Exclusive Brethren back up for sale

It was a big week for high-end sellers, from the $200 million digs of “Aussie” John Symond to the Strathfield home of fellow rich lister Tony Tartak.

  • by Lucy Macken
Thomas Burke is selling his apartment in Docklands and moving back to Geelong in order to buy a property with more space.

‘Like starting again’: Melbourne upsizers priced out of the market

The cost of buying a house is nearly double that of a unit, making it much harder than a generation ago to move on from a first home.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
Nick and Camilla Speer have sold their Portsea beach house.

Nick and Camilla Speer almost double their money on $27.5m Portsea beach house

The society couple bought the glamorous beachfront villa for about $13.5 million four years ago and did a cosmetic renovation.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
Three in five Darling Point buyers paid cash last year.

How much it costs to buy a home in the suburbs where buyers pay cash

In the rarefied air of some of the most well-heeled neighbourhoods, it’s routine for buyers to spend millions without a mortgage.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
Point Piper home Wingadal, owned by Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond, is for sale for $200 million.

‘Aussie’ John Symond lists Point Piper trophy home. Yours for just $200 million-plus

The last time the Aussie Home Loans founder listed the waterfront mega-mansion, he knocked back an offer of $110 million because he didn’t want to part with it.

  • by Lucy Macken
Regional centres such as Ballarat offer cheaper house prices.

Geography hacking: How home buyers can (almost) afford a house on their current salary

Plans to move out of the city and buy a home in the regions come very close to stacking up - if workers can pull it off.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
3 Moule Avenue, Brighton VIC

Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From an impressive Italianate mansion to a sophisticated penthouse with ocean views, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.

  • by Kate Farrelly
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