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Why bankers aren’t popping champagne despite rising house prices
With a rising number of people unable to get into the housing market, the big four banks are worried that a mortgage boom is unlikely to have legs.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Sydney congestion overblown, more inner-city density needed, say developers
The head of developer lobby Urban Taskforce says the eastern suburbs are “ripe” for increased density following calls for increased building heights in inner Sydney.
- by Michael McGowan
Collapse in new home approvals tipped to worsen housing affordability crisis
The data comes as Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy warns the Australian economy may have already entered a weak period of growth.
- by Shane Wright
Vaucluse knockdown home sells for $7.4 million
More than a dozen buyers turned out to compete for the three-bedroom clifftop home, which sold for $300,000 above the reserve price.
- by Carmen Forward
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
Sydney suburbs where first home buyers could save on stamp duty
Property prices in dozens more Sydney suburbs could soon be in reach for first home buyers wanting to qualify for stamp duty relief, but at what cost?
- by Kate Burke
First home buyer beats 26 others to one-bedroom unit with $847,000 bid
The Newtown unit was guided at $650,000 – almost $200,000 less than the price the buyer eventually paid.
- by Tawar Razaghi
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
No more ‘rent bidding’, tenants’ rights beefed up under WA overhaul
The state government has announced a suite of measures to improve the rights of renters, while also respecting property owners.
- by Holly Thompson and Hamish Hastie
‘Almost like you’re on a holiday’: Sydney suburbs where house prices boomed
Over the past five years, a mix of sought-after neighbourhoods have recorded property price growth head and shoulders above the rest.
- by Tawar Razaghi
‘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