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Auctioneer Scott Kennedy Green during the successful Vaucluse auction.

Vaucluse unit with 48 stairs and different wallpaper in every room? That’ll be $2.915 million

Despite the number of steps up to the home and work involved in bringing the unit into 2024, 14 buyers still registered to bid.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
The view from level 56 of One Sydney Harbour.

The sought-after Sydney suburbs where an apartment costs more than a house

The price buyers are willing to pay for units with views, little maintenance and proximity to amenities.

  • by Sue Williams

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Woollahra’s $8m designer digs fit for fashion’s high priestess Edwina McCann

As Vogue Australia’s Edwina McCann prepares to move into her new digs, private equity boss Mark Chiba has paid $22 million cash for his landmark Darling Point residence.

  • by Lucy Macken
Buyers are being priced out of affordable and liveable suburbs.

The most liveable Melbourne suburbs where you should have purchased property

Once considered affordable, these areas are now even further out of reach for home buyers.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
Auctioneer Scott Kennedy Green during the successful Vaucluse auction.

Vaucluse unit with 48 stairs and different wallpaper in every room? That’ll be $2.915 million

Despite the number of steps up to the home and work involved in bringing the unit into 2024, 14 buyers still registered to bid.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
90 Price St Essendon sold for $1.59 million at auction on Saturday

Essendon home owned by same family for 69 years sells for $1.59m

It was a bittersweet moment for the sellers, whose family home since 1955 was sold for some $215,000 above reserve.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
15 Edith Street, St Peters

Thirteen of the best homes for sale in New South Wales

Looking for your next home within NSW? We have 13 great options, from St Peters to Jamberoo.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
33 Nott Street, Malvern East.

Thirteen of the best properties for sale in Victoria

Looking for your next home in Victoria? We have 13 great options, ranging from Sandon to Cape Schanck.

  • by Jacqui Hammerton
A two-bedroom unit at 1/20 Tintern Avenue, Toorak.

The suburbs where units cost up to $250,000 more than the typical Melbourne home

Cashed up downsizers and even families priced out of the housing market are driving up unit prices in these highly sought-after locations.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
The penthouse atop the Hall & Campbell development at Bondi Beach sold for $23 million as a gutted shell.

Wallaby-turned-financier Jason Little buys $23m Bondi Beach ‘shell’

The two-storey penthouse opposite the beach is yet to be built, but once completed it is expected to be a downsizer for the Manly-based chief executive of Goodman Australia.

  • by Lucy Macken
The view from level 56 of One Sydney Harbour.

The sought-after Sydney suburbs where an apartment costs more than a house

The price buyers are willing to pay for units with views, little maintenance and proximity to amenities.

  • by Sue Williams
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
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