Yesterday
What buyers want when they go looking for a home
Home buyers’ priorities are shifting as cost-of-living considerations rise, making some lifestyle features less desirable.
- Nila Sweeney
This Month
- Exclusive
- Off-the-plan market
NRL superstar tackles developer over off-the-plan homes letdown
Tom Trbojevic, known as Tommy Turbo, said he was devastated that his parents were now priced out of their dream home because of a loophole in conveyancing laws.
- Campbell Kwan
- Updated
- Interest rates
CBA cuts interest rates for new borrowers
The country’s largest lender lowered variable rates for new owner-occupiers by 0.25 of a percentage point, and up to 0.35 for some investment loans.
- Lucas Baird and James Eyers
‘Urgent’ $1.6b coal deal; BoQ to sack 400; $1b Aussie housing bet
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Stockland overshoots own housing predictions as settlements jump
Just four months after taming its own settlement guidance in April, the diversified developer has reported a stronger housing picture.
- Michael Bleby
The suburbs where every seller pocketed $1m profit
Residential profits surged to a record high in the past financial year, boosted by strong price gains, according to Domain.
- Nila Sweeney
Millennial Zac dumps home ownership dream for ETFs
Zac Shparberg, 30, says he has no hope of owning a property in the city he grew up in. So, he’s embraced a different wealth creation plan that experts say could work.
- Tom Richardson
Mortgage stress warning as owners sell despite falling prices
Home vendors in some pockets of regional Victoria are facing the toughest selling conditions in the country.
- Nila Sweeney
Construction cost blowout kills $750m housing project
Metrics appoints receivers to a North Melbourne site that was to be developed into a $750m urban village after blowout in construction costs.
- Larry Schlesinger
‘Political roadkill’: why Labor can’t get credit for its $32b housing plan
Newly appointed Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says the causes of the supply crisis facing Australian families are more complicated than legislation in parliament. She has a plan to break the deadlock.
- Tom McIlroy
$5m Sydney home undershoots reserve, shows ‘level-headedness’ is back
As more residences come to market, buyers grappling with still-high rates and cost-of-living pressures will negotiate hard with vendors.
- Michael Bleby
Why Brisbane’s housing market could be the next to ease
Pockets of weakness are finally emerging in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, the star performers of the nation’s remarkable housing boom.
- Nila Sweeney
Houses at $500k discounts in these prestige regions
House prices in popular areas such as Byron Bay have slumped by as much as $570,000 since peaking two years ago.
- Nila Sweeney
The Sydney suburbs where rents are falling
Asking rents have fallen in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It’s not the end of the rental crisis but could mean the worst increases are over.
- Nila Sweeney
How this Brisbane couple added a sea change to their downsizing
Susie and Glenn Molloy wanted to live close to the water after one of their parents passed away, so they moved to a duplex near Port Stephens in NSW.
- Campbell Kwan
- Opinion
- Smart Investor
The maths justifying rentvesting has changed. Here are the numbers
It’s a popular strategy for building wealth but how does rentvesting stack up after 13 rate rises?
- Kelly Kennedy
Share of $1m suburbs blows out in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane
The share of suburbs across Australia with a median house price of more than $1million is poised to surge in the next six months.
- Nila Sweeney
The most expensive house sales outside Sydney
Recent sales of premium homes in top regional areas could challenge Sydney’s status as the country’s most expensive housing market.
- Nila Sweeney
Surf Dive ‘n’ Ski founder lists neighbouring period buildings for $30m
Fadil Sadikay is selling the South Yarra apartments with a permit to turn them into a luxury development.
- Larry Schlesinger
Stable cash rate not enough to boost home buyer demand: analysts
The uncertainty over potential rate cuts will weigh on buyer demand and slow price growth in Sydney and Melbourne, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
