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Housing crisis
The truth about immigration and Sydney’s housing crisis
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wants to make immigration a key policy in the next election. But its effects on Sydney’s rental and house prices is complicated.
- by Matt Wade
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The friends coming up with a novel solution to the housing crisis
As rent and house prices rise, living close to friends and maintaining a sense of community is becoming harder than ever.
- by Elfy Scott
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Peak Sydney: House bought in 1978 for $325,000 resold for more than $80m
The off-market sale of the Rockleigh mansion makes it Sydney’s highest house sale this year, to date, and ranks in the city’s top five house deals of all time.
- by Lucy Macken
He sold his studio to Netflix for $700m. Then he went on a $120m property spree
The Animal Logic co-founder has taken to real estate in a big way in recent years, and his $12 million Byron Bay cash buy is just his latest acquisition.
- by Lucy Macken
Neighbour beats eight others to snap up stately $4.7m Glebe bungalow
Nine registered to bid on the circa-1900 grand four-bedroom residence, but the winner was very local.
- by Carmen Forward
The Sydney suburbs where you should have bought a house
Dozens of suburbs that were affordable to the average buyer are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away, and where to look instead.
- by Tawar Razaghi and Elizabeth Redman
Finally his day: Buyer who lost seven times wins $3.8m Newtown stunner
The home’s artistically designed interior with exposed brick, timber and metal detailing drew seven bidders despite its modest land size.
- by Sarah Webb
‘It has everything you need’: What it costs to live in the Sydney suburbs with the highest wellbeing
A suburb’s wellbeing was measured on several indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income – but it comes at a price.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Tawar Razaghi
Opinion
Housing crisis
Unable to crack the housing market, I went looking for cocaine
No, I’m not contemplating becoming a drug dealer, but I will need something close to a lottery win to get me out of the rental rat race.
- by Millie Muroi
A front row seat over Sydney: Inside a $30 million-plus ‘King Penthouse’
It’s been years in the making after a push to make the building higher, and the finished home offers the bespoke luxury you’d expect.
- by Sue Williams
Young couple beats parents buying for kids to ‘tough as nails’ Chippendale pad
First home buyers paid $790,000 for the oversized 1990s brick one-bedroom unit, beating 11 others to the quiet, walkable location.
- by Sarah Webb