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Property buyers can find more affordable options in the regions.

The regional towns that are booming, but not because of tree-changers

Houses can be had for under $500,000 in some of the most popular destinations for city buyers, and prices are going up.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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Construction times for apartments have blown out.

‘A lot tougher’: The type of home build that has blown out most

Cost spikes, post-lockdown bottlenecks, tax slugs and tighter design regulation have all been adding pressure to construction times.

  • Emily Power
The federal government has set an ambitious target to build 1.2 million homes over the next five years, with many of these homes to be apartments. However, Cities People Love says reports of small, dark and claustrophobic apartments are common.

$800 a week for that? The battle for better apartment design

Australian cities are building up. But are developers designing spaces that people actually want to live in?

  • Courtney Kruk
This mansion in Mosman Park, Perth sold for $25 million last year.

From sleepy to sought-after: Perth suburbs now premium postcodes

Once, premium meant a large house in an established, prestigious suburb. But rising costs and changing lifestyles are pushing buyers in new directions.

  • Sarah Brookes
Buying with only a 5 per cent deposit comes with significant risks.

I’m in my early 20s. Should I buy an investment property?

Young people are constantly encouraged to get on the property ladder, but sometimes we can forget just how hard a decision it is.

  • Paridhi Jain
The Whitsundays have the highest short-stay earning potential for property investors.

The most profitable locations for property investors to short-term let

The most lucrative towns for investors to let out properties on the short-term rental market have been revealed, but there’s a catch.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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Princes Hill is one of the inner north’s hidden gems.

The sought-after Melbourne suburb that’s the same price as five years ago

Among the north side’s glitterati lies a hidden gem, that’s tightly held with quality homes and generally larger properties.

  • Caroline Zielinski
A property commentator says the housing crisis has its root cause in governments gouging the property sector with higher taxes

Perth’s property slump: Data reveals more than half of suburbs in ‘negative’ trend

More than half of Perth’s suburbs are now in decline, with property sales sliding and former boom towns turning into real estate bust zones, new data reveals.

  • Sarah Brookes
Home values are much higher than a decade ago.

How far property prices soared in a decade and what happened next

Property values have edged below their peaks recently, but new figures lay bare how the pullback pales in comparison to their long-term growth.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Off-the-plan buyers Paul and Susie Burgess in Cronulla.

Paul wasn’t ready to downsize – until he found the perfect next move

Paul and Susie Burgess didn’t want a shift to be a downgrade from their current home, but then a rare opportunity came up.

  • Sue Williams

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