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Daniel Kinder and Ron Teodoro have bought a home in Collingwood.

‘Affordability is poor’: Melbourne house prices rise above $1.06m

Falling interest rates are pushing up property prices, and buyers are starting to worry they might get priced out of their preferred areas.

  • Caroline Zielinski

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Justin Flowers, a 52-year-old Maribyrnong local who runs his own graphic design business, cannot get a bank loan to buy an appropriate house for his family due to his age, but his savings prevent him from accessing other government assistance.

Justin has $300,000 in the bank but can’t get a home loan

He’s among many Australians getting closer to retirement who are trying to solve the puzzle of owning a home that suits their life.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Kunal and Binita Kapoor purchased a house in Catherine Field, a suburb that’s seen significant house value growth in 20 years, Cotality data shows. Pictured with sons Noah and Liam.

Sydney suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

Home buyers are moving in and longer-term owners are taking the opportunity to sell after property prices multiplied fourfold or more.

  • Kristy Johnson
Tim and Loren Horster-Haarburger with daughter Ivy at the Cobblebank home they sold in two weeks.

Melbourne suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

Home buyers are arriving in droves, sellers are pocketing the growth and investors from near and far have started to catch on.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Cramming into an unfamiliar house with a collection of strangers on a Saturday morning is a great way to become the worst version of yourself.

Want to ruin your weekend and make a bunch of enemies? Attend an open home

Cramming into an unfamiliar house with a collection of strangers on a Saturday morning is a great way to become the worst version of yourself.

  • Thomas Mitchell
A first home buyer couple paid $1.46 million at auction on Saturday for an apartment in Petersham.

Couple outbid other first home buyers for ‘glam’ $1.46m Petersham pad

The young couple, who had a family member bid on their behalf, competed against other first home buyers for the inner west unit with wraparound terrace.

  • Kristy Johnson
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A couple bid against themselves to secure a ‘famous’ Wahroonga home at auction on Saturday for $2,905,000.

Couple bid against themselves to secure ‘famous’ Wahroonga home for $2,905,000

A couple were drawn to the upper north shore home for its Tudor-style architecture, and bid against themselves three times to secure it at auction.

  • Kristy Johnson
Mitchell Blincoe bought a one-bedroom unit.

The cheapest way to invest, help your kids or buy a first home

A building boom led to cheaper prices for one-bedroom apartments - but it’s complicated, as capital growth has been minimal and quality varies widely.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Jennifer Dowd. 52, recently bought her first home in Sydney’s inner-west.

Jennifer bought a home. But buyers like her face an $85,000 penalty

She’s not alone in finding high property prices a challenge, but new modelling lays bare how the playing field is stacked.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Sydney’s preliminary clearance rate picked up to 67.5 per cent in the week to Saturday from 59.5 per cent a week earlier.

How Canberra’s most popular book might influence my hunt for a first home

Can two American journalists help me buy my first home? Probably not. But they’ve got an abundantly good idea.

  • Millie Muroi

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