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London-based Harrison Marshall, 30, has lived in a converted skip bin for the past two years.

Man lives in garbage bin to save money on housing

The 30-year-old has lived in a converted skip bin for two years. It’s a cost-saving measure and a statement about the housing crisis.

  • Orana Durney-Benson

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Experts are tipping 2025 to be a buyer’s market as they are expected to have more to choose from.

‘Six months behind’: What property prices will do in 2025

The real estate market should lean in buyers’ favour as experts tip there will be more homes to choose from - but will it last?

  • Tawar Razaghi
A view of a pool in the backyard

Where houses with swimming pools are selling for under $1.5m

With summer temperatures rising, there’s no better way to cool off than a backyard pool – without completely breaking the bank.

  • Shona Hendley
Adrian Portelli and a huge crowd at Friday night’s prize giveaway.

Lambo Guy Adrian Portelli’s $8m Block giveaway derailed by tech issues

The online shopping entrepreneur had planned to give away all five properties from this season, or $8 million cash, on Boxing Day. He had to think again. 

  • Karl Quinn
The estate of Lady (Mary) Fairfax sold Fairwater for $100 million in 2018 to Mike Cannon-Brookes.

How Sydney’s property market was transformed in my 12 years of Title Deeds

Lucy Macken looks back on the best houses, biggest buyers and bumper stories as she finishes her stint covering prestige property.

  • Lucy Macken
Andrew and Maria are selling their home, but chose not to have an auction.

Where Sydney house prices are under the most downward pressure

Sydney’s auction clearance rate has slipped below a key level as the market weakens, and some areas look like a buyer’s market.

  • Kristy Johnson
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The closest house to The Lodge is for sale.

‘Can’t get voted out!’: Sassy real estate agent is selling house next to PM

The family home opposite the prime ministerial residence of The Lodge in Canberra is for sale.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
The lines between indoors and out are fairly blurred, with either balconies or large picture windows, at least with the north-south orientation.

Block your neighbour’s view? Not this cliff-top beach house in Bronte

The owners wanted to be neighbourly, to make sure next door’s sight lines of the ocean and Bronte Gully, the bordering park, weren’t blocked by this new three-level home.

  • Stephen Crafti
An unfinished Nicheliving home.

Nicheliving calls in administrators for ‘urgent’ financial review

Embattled builder Nicheliving’s entire construction division has been handed over to administrators, just weeks after the state government reached a $40 million rescue deal to get more than 200 homes finished.

  • Jesinta Burton and Hamish Hastie
Demand has swelled at the same time as a construction slowdown has hit WA’s housing industry.

Cost to build a new home picks up pace in Perth, putting pressure on established market

Fresh data points to troubled waters in alleviating Perth’s housing crisis and hitting the federal government’s target of 125,000 new homes in WA over the next five years.

  • Sarah Brookes

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