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Aidan Devine is the real estate editor for the Daily Telegraph.

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Northern Beaches

7/125 Queenscliff Rd, Queenscliff. NSW Real Estate.

Couple get first home — for $1.08m

A UNIT with ocean views may not be what every first time buyer budgets for their home but for one northern beaches couple it’s a stylish entry into the housing market.

NSW

Aerial view of the city of Wollongong. Credit Illawarra Tourism.

This city is nation’s biggest housing hotspot

UNLIKE in previous years, Sydney did not record the biggest jump in house prices over the past 12 months, that title went instead to a neighbouring city.

NSW

4/17 Lackey St, Fairfield. NSW real estate.

Where it’s cheaper to buy than rent

THERE are pockets in Sydney where buying a home is cheaper than renting, with one western suburb giving mortgage holders the biggest edge over renters.

NSW

Super auction weekend across Sydney, pictured is an auction at 32 Cornwell Road, Allambie Heights. The property was turned in as their were no bids apart from a vendor bid. Pictured is a generic auction photo.

Success of auctions varies across Sydney

SOME sellers of “cookie cutter” homes or in suburbs with a high concentration of new housing could be unnecessarily taking their properties to auction, experts warn.

West

Bigger buyers are heading west

NORTHWEST and Western Sydney are now the homes of over-the-top mansions, with cashed-up buyers looking further afield as they search for space and lavish features.

Dating

Love guru turned property tycoon, Denny Jones who helps men approach women in clubs and has gone on to buy six properties. Pictured during a photo shoot in Surry Hills. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Aussie ‘pick-up artist’ buys six homes

AN AUSSIE “pick-up artist” has purchased six properties in just four years after his classes that teach lonely men how to approach women took off.

NSW

Sydney-based property developer JQZ has seen another buyingfrenzy on its first day of stage 2 sales at its Prime development in Macquarie Park, with 262 apartments sold in under two hours of their release on Saturday 17 June 2017. NSW real estate.

New homes are selling out fast

THOSE keen on newly built homes better be quick. Home hunters have been nabbing nearly all the available properties in new housing releases the day they’ve been launched.

Sydney

A tiny house built in regional NSW. Tiny houses have been getting increasingly popular as an alternative to conventional housing. NSW real estate.

Tiny houses prove big in popularity

A ONCE small movement encouraging people to live in tiny houses built atop trailers has hit the big time — with suppliers struggling to keep on top of a spike in popularity.

NSW

8 Julian Street, Mosman is for sale with a guide of $4.5 million. NSW real estate.

Where homes will hold their value

REAL estate analysts say the current slowdown in the Harbour City’s housing market will impact suburbs differently, ensuring some houses hold their value better than others.

Business

18 Excelsior Street, Merrylands. The house sold for $653,000 ($33,000 over reserve). There were five registrations and three active bidders. Started at 580k and rallied by 10k bids until 640k when the bidding slowed. Agent: Tony Eltacki, LJ Hooker Granville. Auctioneer: Rob Trovato. During the last week of January a upsurge of bookings rushed in quickly filling the weekends of February 28 and March 7 which will likely see Super Saturday weekends across Sydney. Strong numbers are expected with our volume for February bookings currently up by close to 25% compared to February 2014.

Why it’s the best time to buy property

HOUSE hunters have two weeks to snap up property bargains, thanks to a rare turn of events in the nation’s most expensive market.

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