Property prices
West End fixer-upper needing new roof sells for $2.36 million in nail-biting auction
Five potential buyers battled it out for the fixer-upper in West End, but on the Gold Coast the $4.3 million Burleigh Heads retreat of Bec and Lleyton Hewitt failed to attract a single bid.
- by Sarah Webb
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Rents for these two-bedroom units reach $900 a week. Here’s why they shouldn’t
A review of rental listings has uncovered cases of affordable housing units being let for prices barely discounted off market rent.
- by Michael McGowan
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Property boss sells $15m two-bed beach house, buys $32m digs down the road
There are only seven houses that line the waterfront on Palm Beach’s Waratah Road, so when one is for sale it’s with good reason.
- by Lucy Macken
Sydney suburbs where house prices rose – and fell – most
Home-buying hopefuls are feeling the pressure of sustained high interest rates and high Sydney house prices, and it’s affecting where they look.
- by Kristy Johnson and Elizabeth Redman
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Property market
The graphs that show housing is broken
All sides of politics have overseen a collapse in housing affordability since 2000. These are the graphs that show it. And there are no easy solutions.
- by Shane Wright
Sydney house prices drop for first time in almost two years
Sydney and Melbourne house values are both falling as a run-up in advertised stock and high interest rates put a brake on ever-increasing prices.
- by Shane Wright
Our favourite luxury homes for sale in WA right now
We’ve rounded up our top picks of the most luxurious properties across Western Australia.
- by Holly Thompson
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Queensland residential property
How much do you need to borrow to buy in Brisbane?
With the dream of owning a home slipping further from many buyers’ grasp, our interactive calculator shows how much you would need to borrow to get a foot on the property ladder in your suburb.
- by Sarah Webb
Once-booming Victorian tree-change towns where house prices are on discount
Regional Victorian house prices have dropped for three consecutive quarters, which hasn’t happened since 2008, so buyers can find a cheaper deal.
- by Abbir Dib
‘Wonderful sense of community’: NSW sea-change towns that soared
A handful of coastal and country towns have recorded double-digit house price rises in the past year, defying the broader property market slowdown.
- by Carmen Forward
Isla Fisher sells $1m Sydney home that she bought for $171,500
The actor is preparing to hand over the keys to her only Australian property – a New York-inspired art deco apartment she bought at 19.
- by Emily Power