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The Great Australian Dream is now being able to afford the rent
The housing crisis, particularly for renters, will be Premier Chris Minns’ political baptism of fire. And he has made a start.
- by Alexandra Smith
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The Perth suburbs you’ve been priced out of in the past year
Perth house hunters can no longer afford to buy in as many suburbs as a year ago, despite the market slowing down.
- by Heather McNeill
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Negative gearing isn’t the problem – it’s NIMBYs like me
This nation has been strangling the future of younger Australians for decades. But the wheel is finally starting to turn.
- by Chris Richardson
How much for the worst houses on the best street in Melbourne? $9 million-plus
Melbourne’s house price record is north of $80 million, but further down the same street two houses just sold for a fraction of that cost.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Slim pickings: What’s driving Perth’s property listings collapse?
Homebuyers in Perth face fierce competition as a shortage of available housing continues to plague the market.
- by Sarah Brookes
Entrepreneurs snap up $7,425,000 manor, smashing Homebush’s house price record
Seven parties registered to bid for the historic residence with tennis court and swimming pool, and the vendors are upgrading to a $42 million home in Lavender Bay.
- by Carmen Forward
Modest house in sought-after school zone soars past $1.8m in hot auction
Five bidders fought it out in an hour-long auction for the 1950s classic brick home in Bentleigh East, which is set on a spacious block of land and ripe for redevelopment.
- by Jean Bell
Inside a modern Hawthorn renovation you won’t spot from the street
A Californian bungalow facade hides a modern home with tributes to Melbourne’s past, in the popular Grace Park precinct.
- by Jim Malo
Inside a landscape architect’s Melbourne home that took 13 years to perfect
When Nathan Burkett first saw a tired house on a sloping block, he fell for it immediately. Since then, the property has been transformed.
- by Effie Mann
The Sydney suburbs where you should have bought a home
Sydney house hunters can no longer afford to buy in as many suburbs as a year ago, despite sharp price declines.
- by Kate Burke and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
More than 20 bidders turn up to compete for $2.36 million Stanmore home
Almost 100 people gathered on the footpath for the auction of the three-bedroom house, which was brought forward by one week due to strong buyer demand.
- by Kate Burke