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Australia’s cheapest mansions all under $1 million

Australia’s cheapest mansions all under $1 million

We’ve rounded up the cheapest mansions around Australia and all are on the market for well below the $1,112,575 median national house price.

  • by Emily Power

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The regional Victorian towns drawing priced-out Melburnians

The regional Victorian towns drawing priced-out Melburnians

Three councils on Melbourne’s fringe have had similar or stronger rental price growth over the past 12 months, a sign of a spillover effect.

  • by Jim Malo
Surprising NSW regional towns where rents rose most

Surprising NSW regional towns where rents rose most

The median weekly house rent in NSW regional and coastal areas is the highest yet, only $175 a week less than Sydney.

  • by Sue Williams
Brisbane rents hit record highs, as tenants max out budgets in many suburbs

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

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

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

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
How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes

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

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

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

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