Property prices
How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes
The government wants 1.2 million homes built over the next five years. But what about the 3.5 million spare bedrooms across the country?
- by Sue Williams
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Going, going, gone: The Perth suburbs where houses are selling like wildfire
There are some Perth suburbs where you can sell a house in as little as four or five days. And they’re not the ones you might expect.
- by Sarah Brookes
Buyer beats nine others for luxe $6m inner west home ‘worth fighting for’
The stylish home with a swimming pool, and within walking distance of everything, attracted interest from doctors and local business owners.
- by Carmen Forward
Architect-designed Hawthorn stunner that used ‘every bit of space’ fetches $7m
A local downsizer bought a brand-new home in the Grace Park Estate with floor-to-ceiling windows, beating two other bidders.
- by Sarah Webb
Perth home price gains lead the nation – so what can a lazy $750,000 buy you?
Fresh data shows Perth homeowners have gained a $15,000 wealth boost in June as property prices continued to surge.
- by Sarah Brookes
Explainer
Housing crisis
‘A diabolical mess’: How did we get into this housing crisis, and how do we get out?
Hard-won deposits, soaring rents, crippling mortgages, capital gains, negative gearing … What’s to blame, and how do other countries do housing?
- by Angus Holland and Josh Gordon
‘Every day is like a paradise’: Sydney family’s tree-change transformation
They bought a run-down Northern Rivers block and turned it into a resort that’s now a multi-generational love affair.
- by Carmen Forward
Outdated home in Sydney’s north fetches $2.52 million, last sold for £300 as an empty block
The auctioneer said there were very few cheaper alternatives for a house in the region.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Only one buyer turned up for a Brunswick five-bedder. But it passed in at $1.62m
The vendor placed two bids in the hope of kick-starting the auction of the California-style bungalow.
- by Alexandra Middleton
The most liveable Sydney suburbs where you should have bought a home
A string of liveable Sydney suburbs that were affordable for home buyers until recently have since recorded soaring price growth.
- by Carmen Forward
Around 90% of Perth homes selling for more than listed price
Now is not the time to make a cheeky lowball offer on that property you’ve been eyeing off, as new data shows how many are selling for more than the asking price.
- by Sarah Brookes
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