Alexandra Middleton

Alexandra Middleton is a journalist for The Age, reporting on Melbourne's property market.

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Home buyers in many parts of Melbourne would need to earn a sky-high income – or be able to tap outside help.

Hopeful home buyers don’t have to give up proximity to the city to buy something for less than Melbourne’s median house price.

Days on market have blown out to nearly two months in some areas, while other homes are whisked off the market within weeks.

A local family purchased the four-bedroom home for $650,000 above reserve, beating two others for the stylish Edwardian residence.

Properties are selling rapidly in trendy and affordable pockets of Sydney, defying a broader slowdown in which many homes are taking longer to sell.

A local family were the only bidders at an auction in Kensington on Saturday, and paid $125,000 extra in negotiations afterwards to land the keys.

An oversupply of housing stock paired with softened property values has created an ideal spring market for buyers.

Sought-after inner Melbourne suburbs, and postcodes on the coast are among the spots where home owners are raking in windfall gains.

A parent bidding on behalf of a first home buyer couple outbid three other buyers, including an investor, during a competitive auction.

The comedian hopes to triple her money on the sale of her family home of almost two decades to upsize within the same suburb.