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Sydney renter Marianna is moving back to her investment property in Western Sydney because her rent is too expensive for the quality of her apartment.

‘Affordability ceiling has been smashed’: Sydney rents hit record highs

Intense competition to find more affordable homes in Sydney has driven unit rents up $50 per week since last year. Can it continue?

  • by Tawar Razaghi and Elizabeth Redman
If more empty nesters downsized, it could help alleviate the housing crisis.

How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes

The government wants 1.2 million homes built over the next five years. But what about the 3.5 million spare bedrooms across the country?

  • by Sue Williams

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5/569 Springs Road, Agnes Water QLD

Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a character-filled 1920s arts and crafts residence to a twin-pavilion home with sea views, we’ve rounded up our top picks.

  • by Kate Farrelly
Brisbane rents have hit record highs.

Brisbane rents hit record highs, as tenants max out budgets in many suburbs

Brisbane is now the second-most expensive capital city to rent a unit. But in several areas, tenants have nothing more left to offer.

  • by Sarah Webb
Judy Steel, who has been a renter for much of her life.

Tenants feel ‘rental anxiety’ as Melbourne rents hit record high

The typical house costs $60 per week more to rent than it did a year ago, leaving some tenants fearful of lifelong housing insecurity.

  • by Jim Malo
Sydney renter Marianna is moving back to her investment property in Western Sydney because her rent is too expensive for the quality of her apartment.

‘Affordability ceiling has been smashed’: Sydney rents hit record highs

Intense competition to find more affordable homes in Sydney has driven unit rents up $50 per week since last year. Can it continue?

  • by Tawar Razaghi and Elizabeth Redman
The rise in Perth rents has stalled for the time being.

Perth’s rental vacancy rate at two-year high … 0.6 per cent!

Perth house rents remained steady over the quarter for the first time in almost three years but with developers struggling to get residential projects to stack up it will be many years before Perth low vacancy rate improves substantially.

  • by Sarah Brookes
If more empty nesters downsized, it could help alleviate the housing crisis.

How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes

The government wants 1.2 million homes built over the next five years. But what about the 3.5 million spare bedrooms across the country?

  • by Sue Williams
The total value of residential dwellings in Australia rose by $209.4 billion this quarter.

Going, going, gone: The Perth suburbs where houses are selling like wildfire

There are some Perth suburbs where you can sell a house in as little as four or five days. And they’re not the ones you might expect.

  • by Sarah Brookes
Ramender Bakshi with husband Harmanpreet Singh and children Amyra Sodhi, 3, and Yasmin Sodhi, 8 months.

A hair on the floor, $400 for sticky-tape residue: Inflated landlord bond claims hitting tenants

Over 80 per cent of landlord bond claims before VCAT have been found to be at least in part spurious, according to a new report.

  • by Jim Malo
13 Birnam Grove, Strathfield

Buyer beats nine others for luxe $6m inner west home ‘worth fighting for’

The stylish home with a swimming pool, and within walking distance of everything, attracted interest from doctors and local business owners.

  • by Carmen Forward
7 Charles Street, Hawthorn. sold for $7 million.

Architect-designed Hawthorn stunner that used ‘every bit of space’ fetches $7m

A local downsizer bought a brand-new home in the Grace Park Estate with floor-to-ceiling windows, beating two other bidders.

  • by Sarah Webb

Why downlights are making you colder and your split system less effective

Ever felt like the air-conditioner only pushes around cold air in winter? It may take climbing up into the attic and having a look around to find out why that is.

  • by Jim Malo
Households sit on $10.7 trillion of real estate, dwarfing their equities holdings of $1.4 trillion.

Perth home price gains lead the nation – so what can a lazy $750,000 buy you?

Fresh data shows Perth homeowners have gained a $15,000 wealth boost in June as property prices continued to surge.

  • by Sarah Brookes
The Rose Bay house was listed in the high $30 million range before it sold.

Moving on up: Bankstown dentist splashes $38m on Rose Bay mansion

The happy buyers’ trophy home purchase in the eastern suburbs follows their recent, record-setting sale in Chiswick for $13.3 million.

  • by Lucy Macken
David Miles, Voula Miles, Anthea Stevanovic, Niki Papanicola and Aleks Stevanovic renovated a resort in the Northern Rivers.

‘Every day is like a paradise’: Sydney family’s tree-change transformation

They bought a run-down Northern Rivers block and turned it into a resort that’s now a multi-generational love affair.

  • by Carmen Forward
The home drew nine registered bidders, but only four place bids.

Outdated home in Sydney’s north fetches $2.52 million, last sold for £300 as an empty block

The auctioneer said there were very few cheaper alternatives for a house in the region.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
24 Sturrock St Brunswick passed in at auction.

Only one buyer turned up for a Brunswick five-bedder. But it passed in at $1.62m

The vendor placed two bids in the hope of kick-starting the auction of the California-style bungalow.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
2 Swinton Avenue Kew

Ten of our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

Looking for your next home? From a luxe new build to a 50th-floor penthouse, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Jacqui Hammerton and Mary O'Brien
50A Gilbert Street, Dover Heights

Six of our favourite homes for sale in Sydney right now

Looking for your next home? From lofty luxury to a redesigned worker’s cottage, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
House prices in Croydon Park were once considered relatively affordable but have slipped out of reach.

The most liveable Sydney suburbs where you should have bought a home

A string of liveable Sydney suburbs that were affordable for home buyers until recently have since recorded soaring price growth.

  • by Carmen Forward
The Point Piper property Rockleigh is this year’s top sale price of about $82 million, down from an initial asking price of $100 million.

Billionaire problems: Sydney’s trophy home owners selling at a discount

Cue the smallest violin. It seems the higher the asking price, the more that prestige sellers are being asked to cut from their expectations.

  • by Lucy Macken
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