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Even high-end home buyers borrow money.

The luxury suburbs where house prices are getting cheaper – or booming

Even upper-end home buyers are not immune from the pressure of high interest rates, and it’s showing in house prices in expensive areas.

  • Caroline Zielinski and Elizabeth Redman

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Home buyers are asking about borrowing as much money as possible.

‘Stretch themselves to the max’: The risky property trend that’s back

Home buyers were worried last year about interest rates going up again, but they’re starting to change their tune after two cuts.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Australians hoping to buy their first property in one of the most expensive housing markets in the world will get $800 million more in assistance.

The huge amount it costs now to sell one home and buy another

Costs linked to selling a home and buying another are at record highs, prompting some already in the market to stay put rather than take on the added expense of moving.

  • Alice Uribe
The cheapest houses sold in Perth’s most expensive suburbs. Picture: WAtoday

The cheapest homes sold in Perth’s most expensive suburbs

A home for less than $1 million in Perth’s most expensive suburbs? It’s possible.

  • Sarah Brookes
Michael Tuohy

Moving from a Sydney unit to a house gets five times harder in a generation

With Sydney’s median house price almost double that of the typical unit in the city, the difference between the two property types has turned into a chasm.

  • Kristy Johnson
Rob Hitchcock from Free Style Pools with one of his pools at a home in Seaforth, Sydney. It recently picked up an award for Australia’s best pool. Also pictured are his children Ewan and Eve.

Award-winning dips: The best backyard swimming pools of 2024 revealed

Some are waterfront, infinity-edged, Insta-worthy or come with their own basketball court. See all the winners of this year’s Poolz Awards.

  • Carmen Forward
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A reimagined 1880s cottage in Erskineville sold for $3.22 million at auction on Saturday to a first-home buyer from Alexandria.

First home buyer splashes $3.22m on cottage that last fetched $555,000

A reimagined 1880s cottage in Erskineville offered a weatherboard front and a treehouse at the rear, rare in a neighbourhood known for its terraces.

  • Kristy Johnson
If more empty nesters downsized, it could help alleviate the housing crisis.

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?

  • Sue Williams
Elena and Jim Softsis outside their Croydon home, which is within the Malvern Hill Estate heritage conservation area.

‘It would just ruin it’: The Sydney suburb wriggling its way out of the state’s housing policy

Croydon was one of 31 suburbs with train stations selected by the state government for higher density housing. Now that looks set to change.

  • Michael Koziol
Serdar Yilmaz is moving from his Pascoe Vale townhouse to a larger home in Greenvale.

The Melbourne suburbs where homebuyers can spend the least for extra space

The price difference between a smaller home and a bigger one can be more than $1m in some areas. In others, buyers can live large for an extra $200,000 or less.

  • Jim Malo

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