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Owner occupiers are at risk of falling further behind on their mortgage repayments than investors even after rates remained on hold on Tuesday.

Rates remain on hold, but these home owners are doing it the toughest

Households are stretched to their limits and some are already behind on mortgage repayments.

  • by Jim Malo
40 Castlewood Street, Bentleigh East.

Family tops price range with one bid to buy Bentleigh East house for $3.43m

The auctioneer said the buyers, who used an advocate, had planned to blow all the other bidders away in an effort to secure the keys for the home.

  • by Tom Carey

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Newcastle’s property market was becoming unaffordable to locals.

The regional property markets tipped to hit fresh records in the next year

The COVID-era tree- and sea-change boom is over, but some states can expect to see their regional house price markets improve in the next year.

  • by Jim Malo
15 Norfolk Road, Longueville NSW.

Six of the best luxury homes for sale across the country

We’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch from across the New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia’s most luxurious properties.

  • by Kate Farrelly

The Australian cities that are tipped to crack house price records next year

Despite higher interest rates, property prices are tipped to grow to new highs, but not all capitals will keep up.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
Owner occupiers are at risk of falling further behind on their mortgage repayments than investors even after rates remained on hold on Tuesday.

Rates remain on hold, but these home owners are doing it the toughest

Households are stretched to their limits and some are already behind on mortgage repayments.

  • by Jim Malo
The home comes pre-furnished.

Red hot: Trashed Kelmscott house sells for $100,000 over asking price

Just when you thought Perth’s property market couldn’t get any hotter, a trashed home abandoned by its owners has sold for a premium … with bonus bong included.

  • by Sarah Brookes
166 The Boulevarde, Strathfield.

A bar in the home cinema: Couple pay $6.46 million for luxury Strathfield house

The buyers are moving from a unit in Rosebery and have plans to start a family. It was one of 805 auctions scheduled on Saturday.

  • by Carmen Forward
40 Castlewood Street, Bentleigh East.

Family tops price range with one bid to buy Bentleigh East house for $3.43 million

The auctioneer said the buyers, who used an advocate, had planned to blow all the other bidders away in an effort to secure the keys for the home.

  • by Tom Carey
The 400 square metre garden apartment in the Billyard Ave development sold for $17.5 million.

A garden apartment for $17.5m? A who’s who of downsizers put a high price on designer blocks

While fashion-minded shoppers talk of labels like Gucci, Fendi and Hermes, for the high-end downsizer it’s all about the designer names of inner-city buildings like Pomeroy, Manar and now Billyard Ave.

  • by Lucy Macken
Increases to land tax have made it tougher to own a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula.

Is it still worth owning a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula?

Property prices have come off the boil, but the cost of owning a second home has skyrocketed, with increased land tax driving up costs.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
The Rockdale auction garnered a healthy crowd.

First home buyer nabs Rockdale house for less than sellers’ asking price

The young woman outbid six other registered buyers on the home.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
There were 982 homes scheduled for auction across Melbourne on Saturday.

Young couple pays $200,000 above reserve for spacious Yarraville home

It took a vendor bid to start the auction before three bidders pushed the price well above the reserve.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
8 Close Street, South Coogee.

Six of the best homes for sale in Sydney

Looking for your next home within Sydney? If you’re looking in South Coogee, North Curl Curl or Concord, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
31 Highbury Grove, Prahran.

Seven of the best properties for sale in Melbourne

Looking for your next home in Melbourne? Whether you’re looking in Hampton, Preston or Kew, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Jacqui Hammerton and Mary O'Brien
People buying second homes, or holiday homes, were mostly moving to the Surf Coast in 2023.

How much it costs to live in the top Victorian tree-change towns for wellbeing

The wellbeing factor of regional suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income. But it comes at a price.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
Blowhole Point at Kiama – one of the regional council areas that scored the best area for well-being outside of Sydney.

How much it costs to live in the top NSW tree-change towns for wellbeing

The wellbeing factor of regional suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income. But it comes at a price.

  • by Carmen Forward
The $75 million view from Rose Bay’s beachfront house of businessman Frank Geng.

Shopping bag mogul secretly lists Rose Bay trophy home for $75m, buys something better

What could be better than this? This trophy homeowner knows, which is why he opened the doors to his designer digs this week to those with spare millions.

  • by Lucy Macken
The national vacancy rate has not been above 3 per cent since SQM research records began.

The magic number that tips the rental market in tenants’ favour

Experts say it’s been years since the market has favoured renters, and it would take years of high vacancy rates to reverse the rental crisis.

  • by Jim Malo
Conciliation meeting: Residents and owners gathering with Land and Environment Court Commissioner Peter Walsh outside 10 Onslow Avenue in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay on Wednesday morning.

The neighbours desperate to stop building being demolished for luxury apartments

The battle over this building is seen as a landmark in the struggle between residents and developers over the future of Kings Cross, Elizabeth Bay and Potts Point and its continued gentrification.

  • by Sue Williams
Asking rents for houses and units far outpaced wages growth in an ongoing deterioration of affordability for renters.

‘No doubt we will see more homelessness’: Rents increase at more than six times the rate of wages

Experts say other interim measures, such as rent caps and slowing immigration, are needed to ease the pressure on renters until 1.2 million needed homes are built.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
Noosa has one of the highest levels of wellbeing in Queensland.

What it costs to live in Queensland’s top locations for wellbeing

Some of south-east Queensland’s most coveted coastal pockets have been named the state’s best areas for wellbeing – and price tags are soaring.

  • by Sarah Webb
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