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23 Lucas Street Brighton East

Young family splashes $6.6m on Brighton East home in marathon auction

Three parties competed for about 45 minutes for the keys to the stylish home with swimming pool that ticked a lot of boxes.

  • by Shona Hendley
Doug McRostie and Sarah Messina have sold their townhouse in Cheltenham and are upsizing to a house in Mentone.

How much money you need to earn to buy a house in Melbourne

Home buyers in many parts of Melbourne would need to earn a sky-high income – or be able to tap outside help.

  • by Alexandra Middleton

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Perth house prices index image WAtoday.

Rate cuts may be imminent. What impact will they have on Perth house prices?

With inflation now edging towards 3 per cent, markets are pricing in potentially up to four rate cuts next year.

  • by Sarah Brookes
Cranlana could reset Melbourne’s house price record.

Melbourne’s house price record could be broken with first $100m sale

The Myer family’s historic Toorak home, Cranlana, is about to come to the market – a once-in-a-generation opportunity for buyers with deep pockets.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
23 Lucas Street Brighton East

Young family splashes $6.6m on Brighton East home in marathon auction

Three parties competed for about 45 minutes for the keys to the stylish home with swimming pool that ticked a lot of boxes.

  • by Shona Hendley
14 George Street, Greenwich.

Family splash $9.3m on one of only two houses for sale in Greenwich

Five parties registered to bid on the five-bedroom house to get into the tightly held neighbourhood, which proved harder this spring than usual.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
Coogee’s landmark Roslyn mansion is set for a redo after it sold for about $10.4 million.

Cafe queen pays $10.4 million for Coogee mansion she fell in love with

Theresa Moussa’s The Grounds has been a top drawcard to Alexandria and she’s taking her expertise in recreating local landmarks to a new project.

  • by Lucy Macken
Rashida Lowe and her husband Abel Hawkins sold their Leichhardt terrace in July, upsizing to a five-bedroom family home in Thornleigh.

How much money you need to earn to buy a house in Sydney

Buyers in many parts of Sydney would need a six-figure income, and some neighbourhoods require a pay packet that’s astronomical.

  • by Kristy Johnson
Doug McRostie and Sarah Messina have sold their townhouse in Cheltenham and are upsizing to a house in Mentone.

How much money you need to earn to buy a house in Melbourne

Home buyers in many parts of Melbourne would need to earn a sky-high income – or be able to tap outside help.

  • by Alexandra Middleton
The Gladesville home sold for $4.25 million.

Family pays $4.25m for Gladesville house, saving it from wrecking ball

The five-bedroom house with water views, sold by a long-term owner, had drawn interest from parties hoping to knock it down and rebuild.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
Tom Roberts auctions Perfect’s home.

Eddie Perfect sells Brunswick East home to another family for $2,285,000

Purchasing and renovating the Californian bungalow inspired Perfect’s 2017 musical Vivid White. He was happy to sell to another family.

  • by Jim Malo
36 Berry Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002

Our seven favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

Looking for your next home? From a terrace house in the MCG’s back pocket to a three-level beachfront beauty, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Jacqui Hammerton and Lou Sweeney
23 Barr Street, Balmain NSW 2041

Six of our favourite homes for sale in Sydney right now

Looking for your next home? From a striking warehouse conversion with rooftop pool to an architect-designed beach retreat, we’ve got you covered.

  • by Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
The Sirius brutalist landmark has gone from most famous social housing block to home to a who’s who of elites.

Sirius irony: The elites who have bought into the landmark former public housing block

Sydney’s former social housing block Sirius is set to be home to a slew of regular names from Title Deeds columns past.

  • by Lucy Macken
Experts warn of the risk of switching to interest-only terms as the share of this home loan type inches higher.

This risky home loan type is on the rise as homeowners try to stay afloat

After years of high-interest rates and inflation, struggling homeowners are taking this hardship measure in the hopes of riding out the storm.

  • by Sue Williams
The median sale time for a property in Perth in July was just nine days.

With listings soaring in some suburbs, has Perth’s competitive house market turned a corner?

When rates drop it will be ‘kerosene on the fire’ according to one property analyst.

  • by Sarah Brookes
52 Wendell Street, Norman Park QLD 4170

Our eight favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a riverfront residence inspired by a shark to a contemporary design with soaring ceilings and walls of glass, these are our top picks.

  • by Kate Farrelly
A new report has proposed major changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax to improve the rental market.

Landlords could lose negative gearing perks unless they cap rents in new plan

The pathway could improve the standard of rentals and increase the value for money the government gets from housing tax concessions.

  • by Jim Malo
Couples are having fewer children as housing prices soar out of reach.

The roadblock stopping couples from having more children, if any

The number of births in Australia is set to plummet to its lowest levels in two decades by the end of the year, new forecasts show.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
In neighbourhoods such as Parramatta, some properties are selling at a loss.

Where home owners are selling property at a loss

Most home sellers make money on their trade, but in some neighbourhoods it’s not unusual to have to accept less than the purchase price.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
Building a new home costs a lot more than it did before the pandemic.

The cheapest places to build in Perth – and WA’s most expensive

West Australians are paying 42 per cent more to build new houses than before the pandemic – and the most expensive places to build are attracting a premium for one reason.

  • by Sarah Brookes
Evans Head in the Richmond Valley, in northern NSW, is a far more affordable sea-change option than Byron Bay.

‘A little piece of paradise’: The most affordable sea-change towns

Australia’s most affordable sea-change towns have just been revealed in new data that compares property prices with incomes.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
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