Melbourne house prices
Investors splash $2.38 million on Armadale townhouse for their children
A couple who live nearby bought the three-bedroom townhouse as an investment property, but eventually plan for their children to live there.
- by Jean Bell and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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‘A lot of noise’: The next hurdle for Melbourne’s first home buyers
Property prices fell sharply last year, but now there’s a fresh set of challenges to overcome for anyone hoping to get on the property ladder.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss and Kate Burke
Family snaps up Black Rock home for more than $5.7 million
The result for the five-bedroom house soared well above the $4.8 to $5 million price guide.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
‘Locals want to keep it quiet’: Surprising Melbourne suburbs that boomed over five years
The COVID property boom has left its mark across the city, leaving several suburbs with much higher house prices than five years ago.
- by Jim Malo
Solomon Lew’s accountant snaps up house next door to billionaire for $11.5 million
The 1970s Toorak home sold for $1 million more than the top of its price guide, and the Lew family could be about to get some familiar new neighbours.
- by Elizabeth Redman
‘Pretty excited’: Family drops $5.2 million on classic 120-year-old Canterbury home
The garden setting and proximity to sought-after schools sparked a hard-fought auction for the Nantucket-inspired residence without heritage controls.
- by Jim Malo
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Renting
Building more homes ‘won’t guarantee cheaper rents’
A flood of new homes should drive down the cost of renting in Melbourne, but a new study says pandemic experience shows that might not be the answer to the city’s housing affordability woes.
- by Rachael Dexter
Melbourne’s cheapest auction? Buyer nabs South Kingsville apartment for $165,000
Two bidders competed for the unit which had cracked walls, peeling paint and a kitchen that had seen much better days
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
What can you buy for Melbourne’s median house price?
In some Melbourne suburbs, a budget of just over $1 million could buy six bedrooms. In others, buyers would be happy to get two.
- by Jean Bell
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
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