Property prices
Buyer splashes $5.7 million on dream eastern beaches home for his sweetheart
Four people registered to bid at auction, and the winner was a recent Bondi seller willing to move a 20-minute drive away to have ocean views.
- by Carmen Forward
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From worst house on the best street to $3.35 million auction jackpot
The meticulous renovation of a single-storey weatherboard Northcote home with bonus studio sparked a bidding war between two keen families.
- by Tom Carey
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Title Deeds
The savvy Byron Bay home redesign that could more than double the owner’s money
Steve Nasteski bought the Wategos Beach residence for $12 million a few years ago. Now $30 million is the going rate on Marine Parade.
- by Lucy Macken
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Planning
Noisy NIMBYs to be silenced on housing projects
Residents will be barred from lodging objections against medium-density housing in the middle and inner suburbs – as long as developers agree to one thing.
- by Josh Gordon and Tom Cowie
Award-winning South Yarra house fetches $1.76 million at auction
Five buyers competed for the architecturally designed two-bedroom home, pushing the bidding $260,000 above the reserve price.
- by Sarah Webb
This family’s tiny solution to the big mortgage stress problem
This family hasn’t had a mortgage for years. After 18 months travelling in a caravan, they designed a different way to live for less.
- by Carmen Forward
Sammi has a full-time job and paid rent for 15 years. No one will rent her a property
After being forced to vacate her home as Melbourne’s winter hit, Sammi Clarke applied for almost 20 places. Then she was asked a question that showed the depth of the housing crisis.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Gavin bought a home near Metro West. He thought it was a done deal
Home owners who bought near Sydney’s proposed Metro West line were hoping for better transport links and a boost to their local neighbourhoods. Now that’s in doubt.
- by Kate Burke
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Development
Revealed: 11 Sydney suburbs to be rezoned to fix the housing shortage
Government documents have identified more than 3000 pieces of public land that can be used for new housing.
- by Michael McGowan and Anthony Segaert
Moving goalposts? The next hurdle for hopeful home buyers
Just as home hunters adjust to the prospect of sky-high monthly mortgage repayments and the rising cost of living, there’s another rethink coming.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Six bidders for $8.5 million Burwood house - and it still passed in
An elegant six-bedroom home that drew a crowd of 300 couldn’t attract an offer high enough to seal a deal.
- by Carmen Forward