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Gemma Sampson and Dale Cheesman with their children Hugo, Angus and Stella at the home they just sold in Carnegie.

The Melbourne suburbs where house prices have fallen most

Popular inner-city suburbs topped the list, and agents say it’s because owners of the best homes are holding out for a better time to move.

  • Jim Malo
If you Google “Derrimut”, the top result is a gym franchise, and one of its main claims to fame is actually in the next suburb over – but that out-of-the-way reputation is what has attracted families.

Most people don’t even know where this suburb is. That suits residents to a tee

If you Google ‘Derrimut’, the top result is a gym franchise, and one of its main claims to fame is actually in the next suburb over – but that out-of-the-way reputation is what has attracted families.

  • Hannah Hammoud
Brimbank City Council.

Brimbank City Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Brimbank will choose 11 people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

  • Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Kirsty Garlick and Nick Cowling, pictured with their son Fox, have sold their townhouse in Sunshine and are hoping to buy a larger home for under $1m in the inner-west.

Where you can buy a house for less than $1m within 10km of Melbourne’s CBD

Hopeful home buyers don’t have to give up proximity to the city to buy something for less than Melbourne’s median house price.

  • Alexandra Middleton
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After six months of searching, 76-year-old Noeline Aitken and her cat Casper finally found a unit in Brunswick she could afford via HomeGround Real Estate.

‘Fighting a losing battle’: Melbourne suburbs where rents have soared

Tenants are searching far and wide for their next home as rents in several suburbs spiralled 20 per cent or more in a year.

  • Alexandra Middleton
Northern Hospital in Epping.

‘No one wants to be sharing this message’: Major hospitals confirm budget squeeze

Two of Victoria’s largest health services have imposed hiring freezes in response to government demands for huge savings, causing stress for health workers.

  • Jewel Topsfield and Henrietta Cook
Alfrieda Street is the beating heart of St Albans.

St Albans, so long a rough diamond of the west, is beginning to shine

It has welcomed successive waves of migrants. It is home to a beloved market and foodie strip. And it’s just half an hour from the CBD. It is St Albans – and proud of it.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Trickey said she had been price out of her old suburb, Footscray.

Cold air in Natasha’s old home gave her sores. In her new home, she can’t sleep

She was priced out of her suburb and kept getting outbid on properties. Her new place isn’t ideal, but what choice did she have?

  • Jim Malo

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