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Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes buys three houses next door for $12.25m

As investment strategies go, you could do a lot worse than to buy next door to the tech entrepreneur.

  • by Lucy Macken
The Sydney suburbs with the highest share of distressed listings.

Sydney suburbs with the most distressed property sales

One in eight home sellers in the hardest-hit pocket of Sydney are motivated to get a deal done urgently as interest rates stay high.

  • by Elizabeth Redman and Alexandra Middleton

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The couple are now looking to split their time between Melbourne and Daylesford – they’ve just bought a ‘rundown weatherboard’ in the area.

‘I hate a sparse house’: Inside comedian Rhys Nicholson’s maximalist home

Rhys and now-husband Kyran bought their first home in 2017. Not a fan of its stark white walls, the pair slowly added their personalities to the property.

  • by Jessica Golding
Tina Green has sold her penthouse in the Encore building for $18 million,

Elton John has long left the Kings Cross building that scored an $18m sale

The landmark once best known for visiting rock gods including Bowie and Bono is making a new impression after the hotelier Green family’s sale.

  • by Lucy Macken
The penthouse in the Greenland Centre offers views over Sydney.

A front row seat over Sydney: Inside a $30 million-plus ‘King Penthouse’

It’s been years in the making after a push to make the building higher, and the finished home offers the bespoke luxury you’d expect.

  • by Sue Williams
The Chippendale apartment drew a crowd at auction.

Young couple beats parents buying for kids to ‘tough as nails’ Chippendale pad

First home buyers paid $790,000 for the oversized 1990s brick one-bedroom unit, beating 11 others to the quiet, walkable location.

  • by Sarah Webb
De Angelis said the property’s land size and style had been attractive to buyers.

First home buyers pay $1.3m for ‘very cool, retro house’ in Brunswick East

The sell-off of ex-rental properties across Melbourne is benefiting first home buyers.

  • by Jim Malo
48-50 Greville Street, Prahran

Twelve of our favourite homes for sale in Victoria right now

Looking for your next home? From a bold renovation to a reinvented 1860s villa, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Mary O'Brien
14A Bulls Road, Burraneer

Thirteen of our favourite homes for sale in NSW right now

Looking for your next home? From waterfront luxury to a corner terrace with heritage charm, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Pauline Morrissey
Mike Cannon-Brookes has bought another house.

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes buys three houses next door for $12.25m

As investment strategies go, you could do a lot worse than to buy next door to the tech entrepreneur.

  • by Lucy Macken
The Sydney suburbs with the highest share of distressed listings.

Sydney suburbs with the most distressed property sales

One in eight home sellers in the hardest-hit pocket of Sydney are motivated to get a deal done urgently as interest rates stay high.

  • by Elizabeth Redman and Alexandra Middleton
The Melbourne suburbs with the highest share of distressed listings.

Melbourne suburbs with the most distressed property sales

Financial strain has caused some Melbourne homeowners to reach a tipping point and list their home for urgent sale.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
The Crown tower penthouse apartment.

Crown’s $90m sky home, languishing on the market, gets a $10m discount

Call it opulent, elevated, expensive – but the luxury home set high in Crown Resorts’ skyscraper can’t yet be called “sold”.

  • by Swati Pandey
Victoria’s regional suburbs have seen rents increase over the last five years.

Regional Victorian towns that boomed most in the last five years

Some have recorded 60 per cent growth since 2019 as more workers arrive to take jobs in flourishing industries or hospitals.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
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
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