Property prices
Analysis
Home loans
Have property prices peaked for now? These factors suggest so
Weakness could emerge in Australian house prices in the second half of 2024 with the RBA potentially keeping interest rates on hold.
- by Robert Baharian
Latest
The once-affordable Perth suburbs no longer an option for the average dual-income couple
More than 50 suburbs across Perth are no longer affordable for the average working couple – including one in the City of Armadale.
- by Sarah Brookes and Jim Malo
Home buyback scheme floated after Kensington Banks labelled flood-prone
Property experts say house prices in the estate could fall by up to 20 per cent following Melbourne Water’s revised modelling for the Maribyrnong River catchment.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Opinion
Inside China
China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough
Three years after China’s property sector started imploding, Xi Jinping is finally doing something meaningful to fix it. He needs to do more.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Neighbour beats eight others to snap up stately $4.7m Glebe bungalow
Nine registered to bid on the circa-1900 grand four-bedroom residence, but the winner was very local.
- by Carmen Forward
‘Spun us out’: Carnegie vendors’ stylish reno earns $3.75m auction payday
The sellers paid $1.65m for the Californian bungalow in late 2020 and their renovation attracted five bidders, all locals, at auction.
- by Tom Carey
The Sydney suburbs where you should have bought a house
Dozens of suburbs that were affordable to the average buyer are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away, and where to look instead.
- by Tawar Razaghi and Elizabeth Redman
Finally his day: Buyer who lost seven times wins $3.8m Newtown stunner
The home’s artistically designed interior with exposed brick, timber and metal detailing drew seven bidders despite its modest land size.
- by Sarah Webb
Entrepreneur splashes near $100m on Toorak house, Portsea beach house
Grant Rule sold his company, bought the second-most expensive home in Toorak and added a holiday home on the beachfront.
- by Elizabeth Redman
The Melbourne suburbs where you should have bought a house
Nearly 100 suburbs that were affordable to home buyers in 2022 are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away, and where to look instead.
- by Jim Malo
‘As bad as it’s ever been’: Property prices blow out and pay rises lag
Home prices have risen much faster than wages over the long term, and the gap looks set to widen.
- by Elizabeth Redman