Today
Meet the Montreal mayor who declared war on SUVs
The ongoing expansion of vehicle size is causing consternation in North America. More than four out of every five new cars sold there is either an SUV or a pickup truck.
- David Zipper
The top suburbs where home values have bounced out of decline
House prices in some top-end suburbs have bounced back from falls in the previous quarter as demand rises amid lack of stock.
- Nila Sweeney
Old guard of US beachfront revolts over first new luxury condos in decades
What’s at stake is a contest to unlock prime waterfront land for extravagant buildings for wealthy newcomers from the US Northeast, Midwest and California.
- Anna J Kaiser
Yesterday
Regional housing values gather steam
Persistent demand for homes in regional areas with lifestyle advantages and affordable price points sparked a re-acceleration in price growth in the past three months.
- Nila Sweeney
This Month
Glebe bungalow leapfrogs guide by $1.2m as clearance rates soften
While competition for premium properties remains strong, on-the-fence buyers are stepping back as hopes of a looming rate cut fade.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Surgeon hopes to double suburb record with $18m waterfront castle
On Sydney’s Lower North Shore, a regal waterside property has joined the market guiding $18 million.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Adam Flaskas to sell luxury Brisbane ‘sky home’ before Manly move
The developer and his fiancee have put their five-bedroom penthouse on the market ahead of a southern relocation.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Laser Clinics co-founder Babak Moini to sell Mosman super pad
The cosmetic industry entrepreneur has listed his striking mansion on Mosman’s exclusive Balmoral Slopes with a guide of $17.5 million.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Ex Pendal CEO to sell $18m harbour mansion with trophy boatshed
Emilio Gonzalez and his wife, Nicola, have called time on their Cremorne harbourside address, offering it to prestige shoppers.
- Bonnie Campbell
Suburbs 100km from CBDs join upper echelon as prices surge
Strong demand for stand-alone homes during COVID-19 has catapulted a string of outer and previously affordable middle-ring suburbs to the top of the housing ladder.
- Nila Sweeney
Perth property ‘went nuts’, but these sisters managed to get in first
Jennifer and Maxine Gamble are sisters who have bought a house together to future-proof aged care issues that might arise in the future for them.
- Campbell Kwan
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Restaurant duo splashes on Albert Park mansion with dark history
Nomad Group’s Al and Rebecca Yazbek have paid about $11 million for Hambleton House on Albert Park’s best street in Melbourne’s bayside.
- Bonnie Campbell
Imported tradies need to live somewhere too
To fix the housing shortage the government needs to train many more building industry workers at home as well as fast-tracking visas for foreign tradies, builders say.
- Michael Bleby
Why would anyone want to invest in Melbourne’s housing market?
Some experts are predicting Melbourne’s housing market to bounce back strongly in the next two years, but others warn about getting in too early.
- Nila Sweeney
- Exclusive
- Property development
Former AFL star pays $190m for Cranbourne Golf Course
The 70-hectare site in Melbourne’s south-east will support up to 1500 new homes with an end value of about $1 billion.
- Larry Schlesinger
First home buyers purchase from investors in $780,000 sale
This Central Coast home’s proximity to the M1 highway made it popular with tradies commuting to Sydney – and with rates outlooks stabilising, they were confident about buying.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Retiring Reece chair lists $12m family mansion in South Yarra
Melbourne-based Reece chair Tim Poole and his wife Jane have listed their South Yarra home, Atherley, after 24 years owning the Italianate mansion.
- Bonnie Campbell
Killara Golf Club’s greenkeeper house sells for $700,000 above reserve
Auction clearance rates fell at the weekend as buyers grow cautious from interest rates staying higher for longer, but well-located properties remain popular.
- Campbell Kwan
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Liberman family to sell $17m Toorak ‘treehouse’
A glass and steel modernist retreat designed by Robin Boyd has joined Toorak’s prestige market with a guide of $15.9 million to $17 million.
- Bonnie Campbell
Simon and Catriona Mordant shoot for record with $16m trophy weekender
The Sydney power couple have listed their Clareville waterfront, which is expected to reset the suburb record.
- Bonnie Campbell