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Tom BowdenReal estate editor

Tom Bowden has been the real estate editor for The Advertiser for more than a decade, and takes an ‘outside the square’ approach to property reporting with a dash of humour. Outside of real estate, he’s passionate about the arts and in 2017 reviewed 35 Fringe shows in a little over a fortnight.

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Tom Bowden

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Adelaide

Property Price indicator sell art. Supplied

Where you should be buying now

A new report has highlighted SA’s hidden hotspots – the suburbs you should buy now before you find yourself priced out. Plus we reveal our regional stars tipped for a price boom.

Adelaide

Six of South Austtralia's leading ladies in real estate. Pictures: Supplied

Ranked: SA’s 72 top-selling female real estate agents

She amassed more than $260m in home sales in the past financial year, topping our list of South Australia’s leading superwomen in real estate. See who made the full list.

Adelaide

Gerri Saunders and children Ruby Saunders,19 and Beau Britton,12, at their Bridgewater Home they have on the market.Thursday,May,1,2025.Picture Mark Brake

Listed: Every SA suburb’s median house value revealed

SA’s statewide and metro median home values have both jumped almost $90k over the past year, the latest Valuer-General’s report shows. Find how your suburb has performed in our searchable map.

Property

Aerial image of Adelaide CBD skyline. Picture: Supplied by Colliers

Mapped: What every suburb in SA is worth

Looking to buy or sell? Find out what your suburb’s current median value is in our interactive map.

Adelaide

More than $100k higher in some areas – home values on the move again

Home values are on the move across the nation, REA Group’s latest Home Price Index shows. Find out what your city’s median is now, what’s fuelling this growth and what’s in store for the next 12 months.

Realestate.com.au economist Anne Flaherty

$74k more than last year – SA home values up again

SA home values have continued their climb towards a $1m median. Find out what our median is now, what’s fuelling this growth and what the market has in store for the next 12 months.

Adelaide

Landmark estate tipped to smash Hills $7m sales record

It’s been a hotel and the site of SA’s first tobacco plantation. Now, this grand homestead is ready to add a new crowning achievement to its proud history.

Adelaide

New Canstar data breaks down just how hard it is to get by when households factor in rent or a mortgage. Kimberley Cepon runs a charity, (Shoeboxes of Love), that helps those struggling to get by. At home with family, husband Marcus, and children, Thomas,8, and Mikaela,5. 10 April 2025. Picture: Dean Martin

Shock cost of living in SA for a year revealed

Shock new figures show it now costs more than $75,000 a year to live in Adelaide as soaring grocery, utility and petrol costs pile on top of mortgages – and those most vulnerable risk losing a lifeline.

National

Wild amount of cash you need to live in each Aussie state

Shock new data reveals how much you need to spend to live across Australia. This is how much cash you need now to live in each state.

Opinion

NCA 2025 Federal Election Liberal Bus 05/04/2025Darwin AustraliaLeader of the Australian Liberal party Peter Dutton plays AFL with kids at Charles university football field on the campaign trail for the 2025 federal election. Picture: NewsWire / Thomas Lisson

Dutton joins the greats in Aussie sport’s hall of shame

Like a shopping trolley to a storm drain, Australian politicians can’t resist the magnetic pull of cringe-worthy sporting stunts, writes Tom Bowden.

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