Housing slump
The Melbourne neighbourhoods with the most distressed property sales
Rising mortgage repayments and the cost of living crisis are hitting household budgets harder in some neighbourhoods than others.
- by Jim Malo and Kate Burke
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A boom-time property trend is back – this time to deal with mortgage stress
In periods when house prices were soaring, more property owners were enticed by the prospect of a quick flip. But now?
- by Jim Malo
‘People just love it’: The Melbourne suburbs no one wants to leave
Only a handful of homes changed hands in a string of sought-after inner city postcodes and tiny neighbourhoods further afield over the past year.
- by Jim Malo
House prices were set to fall 20 per cent. Now there’s talk of record highs
Australians have witnessed the sharpest rise in interest rates in a generation, but the property market could have another surprise in store.
- by Jim Malo
The suburbs where mortgage stress carries an extra risk
As interest rates soar, some neighbourhoods are starting to display more red flags for mortgaged households than others.
- by Jim Malo
The cash rate has reached a ‘tipping point’ for the property market. Now what?
Experts previously warned that a cash rate of 4 per cent or more could trigger a wave of distressed sales.
- by Jim Malo
Sydney’s NIMBY councils need more power, not less, on housing, planning: expert
Greg Clark, a London-based urban planning expert visiting Australia this week, said public land was the “secret weapon” in the housing supply challenge.
- by Michael Koziol
The key compromise that can save Sydney home buyers up to $380,000
Home buyers are feeling the pinch as their budget falls faster than property prices, while mortgage repayments and the cost of living get worse.
- by Kate Burke and Jim Malo
The graph that shows why being thrifty is not enough for home buyers
After the steepest price falls on record, will it get any easier to buy a house this year?
- by Kate Burke
The NSW sea change towns where property prices are discounted
Six-figure sums have been slashed from house prices in popular coastal destinations that boomed during the pandemic.
- by Kate Burke
Where are property prices forecast to head next?
Home values lifted last month, the first national rise since April last year, but is it a turnaround or a false dawn?
- by Kate Burke